flog

英 [flɒɡ] 美 [flɑːɡ]

• v. 鞭打；鞭笞（作为惩罚）；兜售

英英释义

Verb:

1. beat severely with a whip or rod;

   "The teacher often flogged the students"
   "The children were severely trounced"
   

2. beat with a cane

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It is useless to flog a dead horse
   鞭打死马，徒劳无益。
2. 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!
3. 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。
4. He tried to flog me a broken TV set.
   他一个劲儿向我兜售一个破电视机。
5. 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。

经典引文

• I have not forgotten the Greek and Latin flogged into us at Westminster.

  出自： F. E. Smedley

• Six women were publicly flogged..till the blood ran down their backs.

  出自： G. Gorer

词汇搭配

• flog a dead horse 徒劳无益
• flog to death 过分宣传而使人失去兴...
• flog a willing horse 对努力工作的人进行不...
• flog the clock 把时针拨快
• flog someone within an inch of the life 把某人打得半死...

近反义词

【近义词】

• beat 打
• lash 鞭子
• whip 鞭子
• thrash 打(谷)
• scourge 灾难
• spank 掴（屁股）
• cane 手杖
• strap 皮带
• whale 鲸
• flay 剥皮
• leather 皮革
• switch 转换
• wallop 重击
• pummel 猛击
• punch 按(键)
• slash 猛砍
• trounce 痛打
• Lambast 狂打
• welt 鞭痕
• lather (肥皂水的)泡沫...
• lambaste 痛打