flog是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)flog a dead horse作无用功；徒劳无益

双语例句

(1)The little boy's mother flogged him because he failed to return home on time.

小男孩的母亲因其未按时回家打了他。

(2)The young man vowed to flog for a good life.

这个年轻人发誓要努力向前过上好日子。

(3)His flog is one of the main reasons for his success.

他的努力奋斗是成功的主要原因之一。

(4)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。

(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。

(6)It is useless to flog a dead horse.

鞭死马无益；勿旧调重弹。

(7)It is useless to flog a dead horse.

鞭打死马，徒劳无益。

(8)They are trying to flog their house.

他们正试图卖掉房子。

同义词

vt. 鞭打，鞭策；迫使

vi. 剧烈抖动；除尘

同根词

词根 flog

(1)flogging n. 鞭打

释义

v.

beat (someone) with a whip or stick to punish or torture them

鞭打，棒打

the executioner flogged the woman

刽子手鞭打那女人

[as noun flogging]public floggings.

　当众的鞭笞。

informal promote or talk about (something) repetitively or at excessive length

〈非正式〉 大力宣传；反复谈论

rather than flogging one idea to death, they should be a light-hearted pop group.

　他们不应该就一种想法死命渲染，而应成为一支轻松愉快的流行乐队。

Brit. informal sell or offer for sale

〈英，非正式〉 卖，出售

he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies.

他靠卖珠子给嬉皮士们发了财。

[no obj., with adverbial of direction]Brit. informal make one's way with strenuous effort

〈英，非正式〉 费力地前行

I was pleasantly warm flogging up to the bottom of the crag.

　我费力地爬到峭壁下，感觉暖洋洋的。

n.

Brit. informal an arduous climb or struggle

〈英，非正式〉 费劲地爬（或挣扎）

a long flog up the mountainside.

　长时间吃力的爬山。

短语

flog a dead horse　waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation 作无用功，徒劳无益

类似拼写词

flog v. 鞭打；棒打；〈英；非正式〉 卖；出售；非正式〉 费力地前行；大力宣传；反复谈论

log n. 原木；圆材；日志；船舶测速仪；观察记录

flag n. 旗；旗帜；国旗；彩旗；旗状装置；铺路用的厚石板；根茎上生长剑形叶的植物；信号旗；所效忠的国家；体育比赛中（用作标志的）小旗

flow v. 流；流动；流出；来自；富有；顺利进行；涨潮；水位上升；飘拂

词源

"late 17th cent. （originally slang）： perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare　‘to whip', from flagellum　‘whip’."