flog

英 [flɒɡ]

美 [flɑːɡ]

v. 鞭笞，棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)

现在分词：flogging　过去分词：flogged　过去式：flogged　第三人称单数：flogs　

Collins.1 / BNC.13850 / COCA.21116

习惯用语

flog a dead horse

鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible

flog sth to death

多次重复（想法、故事等）而使人失去兴趣
to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting

verb

鞭笞，棒打（作为惩罚）
to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip or stick
1. He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.
  他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
出售（某物给某人）
to sell sth to sb
1. She flogged her guitar to another student.
  她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
2. We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.
  我们低价买下这些，然后卖出获利。
3. I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
  我收到了一家公司的信，向我推销保险。

VERB 出售;卖掉
If someone tries toflogsomething, they try to sell it.
1. They are trying to flog their house.
  他们正试图卖掉房子。
VERB 鞭笞;棒打
If someoneis flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
1. In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
  在这些地方，人们忍饥挨饿，遭受鞭打，甚至会被乱棍打死。
2. Flog them soundly.
  好好鞭打他们一顿。
做徒劳无益的事;白忙活
If you say that someoneis flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.

verb

beat severely with a whip or rod
1. The teacher often flogged the students
2. The children were severely trounced
Synonym:weltwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce
beat with a cane
Synonym:canelambastelambast

To publicly flog Lee for that relatively innocuous sentence in his book seems a bit much.
就因为李开复书中这一句无伤大雅的话就公开对他大加抨击，似乎有些过分了。
Should it be like a puff of grayish white flog?
是不是应当像一阵灰蒙的白雾？
He tried to flog his old car, but no one would buy it.
他想处理掉他的旧车，但没有人想买。
He made us flog our guts out to finish on time.
他让我们拼命地工作以便按时完成任务。
We thought we might be able to flog it to someone.
我们认为我们也许可以把它卖给个什么人。
It is nobody's source of income or a commodity to flog around in the market.
它不是任何人收入的来源或者被放在市场上的日用品。
I'll flog him to within an inch of his life.
我要把他打个死去活来。
Giant Flog's benefactor was crushed to death before having to witness the demise of his most profitable warrior.
巨人弗洛格的赞助者还没见证他最值钱的勇士如何咽气，就死于非命了。
How cruel was the man to flog his own son to death!
这个男人竟把自己的亲生儿鞭打死了，多么残忍！
Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
有的你们要杀害，要钉十字架。有的你们要在会堂里鞭打，从这城追逼到那城。