flog
v
(-gg-)
1 [Tn] beat (sb) severely, esp with a rod or whip, as a punishment 重重責打(某人)(尤指用棍棒或鞭子)
The boy was cruelly flogged for stealing. 那男孩偷東西挨了一頓毒打.
2 [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) (Brit infml 口) sell sth (to sb) 賣(給某人)某物
We should be able to flog the car (to someone) for a good price. 我們應該能把這輛汽車高價賣出. =>Usage at sell 用法見sell.
3 (idm 習語) ,flog a dead `horse waste one's efforts on an activity or a belief that is already widely rejected or has long been accepted 鞭打死馬(對已摒棄或認可的活動或信念徒費精力). ,flog sth to `death (infml 口) be so persistent or repetitive about sth that people lose interest in it 堅持或重復某事物而使人失去與趣
I hope he won't tell that joke again; he's flogged it to death already. 但愿他別再講那個笑話了, 已經(jīng)老掉牙了.