Flog
[ flɑɡ ]
成人 Adult Edu
vt. 鞭打，鞭策;迫使;
📝 例句
He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死.
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
flog
v
(-gg-)
1 [Tn] beat (sb) severely, esp with a rod or whip, as a punishment 重重责打（某人）（尤指用棍棒或鞭子）
The boy was cruelly flogged for stealing. 那男孩偷东西挨了一顿毒打.
2 [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) (Brit infml 口) sell sth (to sb) 卖（给某人）某物
We should be able to flog the car (to someone) for a good price. 我们应该能把这辆汽车高价卖出. =>Usage at sell 用法见sell.
3 (idm 习语) ,flog a dead `horse waste one's efforts on an activity or a belief that is already widely rejected or has long been accepted 鞭打死马（对已摒弃或认可的活动或信念徒费精力）. ,flog sth to `death (infml 口) be so persistent or repetitive about sth that people lose interest in it 坚持或重复某事物而使人失去与趣
I hope he won't tell that joke again; he's flogged it to death already. 但愿他别再讲那个笑话了, 已经老掉牙了.
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Dad often works late,
爸爸老是工作到很晚，
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光荣的道路常常是坎坷不平的。
Shylock must promise to leave the money upon his death to his daughter and her husband.
夏洛克必须答应在他死后把这笔财产留给他的女儿和女婿。