flog

verb

1. 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。
2. 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。

1. VERB 出售;卖掉
   If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it.
   1. They are trying to flog their house.
      他们正试图卖掉房子。
2. VERB 鞭笞;棒打
   If someone is 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。
3. 做徒劳无益的事;白忙活
   If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.

1. They are trying to flog their house.
   他们正试图卖掉房子。
2. 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。
3. Flog them soundly.
   好好鞭打他们一顿。
4. We should be able to flog the car to someone for a good price.
   我们应该能把这辆汽车以高价卖出。
5. 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。
6. Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.
   你们要防备人。因为他们要把你们交给公会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们。
7. 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。
8. In one dream, I saw something white moving slowly toward me. It was like a flog.
   在梦里，我看见有个白色的东西缓缓向我移动，看上去像只青蛙。
9. They have the upper hand because they have your stuff. If you don't pay up, they will flog it.
   仓储公司占据主动，因为他们手中握有你的东西，你要是不把钱付清，他们就把你的东西卖掉。
10. 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。
11. It is useless to flog a dead horse.
    鞭打死马，无济于事。
12. 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！
13. Nowadays, it is an inhumane punishment to flog the disobedient soldiers or sailors.
    现今，鞭笞不服从的兵士或水手是不人道的惩罚。
14. 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。
15. Consider first the charge that Wall Street analysts puffed shares that their investment-banking colleagues were trying to flog.
    我们先来看看第一项指控：那些华尔街分析员过分鼓吹了其在投行的那些同僚所极力推销的股票。
16. A mother flog her son until he's unconscious didn't seem too credible.
    一个母亲把儿子打至不省人事实在让人难以置信，其他关于准确性的不满。
17. Don't flog your product to death, otherwise your customers will lose interest.
    不要老是讲你的产品如何好，否则客户就要失去兴趣了。
18. Too many European brands try to flog unpopular models to the Chinese, he says.
    他表示，太多欧洲品牌都在试图将不流行的款式塞给中国人。
19. 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。
20. Jesus told Peter to feed his sheep, not to flog them.
    耶稣吩咐彼得喂养？的羊，而不是鞭打它们。
21. He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
    他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. Should it be like a puff of grayish white flog?
    是不是应当像一阵灰蒙的白雾？
25. AMD is not allowed to flog its gear in Iran which is under a technology trade embargo.
    AMD公司不允许其处理器被非法出售给伊朗，这属于技术贸易禁运。
26. At the present moment, polished English gentlemen flog Africans so severely.
    眼前，温文尔雅的英国绅士狠命抽打非洲土著人。
27. When they see something popular they try to flog the hell out of it.
    但当他们看到某样东西大受欢迎时，就会大肆打压。
28. Intriguingly, the two which stuck hardest were both created essentially to flog products to investors.
    发人深思的是，流传最广的两个名词，究其根本都是为了向投资者兜售金融产品而创造的。
29. 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。
30. I'll flog him to within an inch of his life.
    我要把他打个死去活来。

v.

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

1. beat severely with a whip or rod
   1. The teacher often flogged the students
   2. The children were severely trounced

   Synonym:    weltwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce

2. beat with a cane

   Synonym:    canelambastelambast