Flog a dead horse
徒劳
🧩 词语组成解析
flog
[flɑɡ]
vt. 鞭打，鞭策;迫使;
dead
[dɛd]
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;（死一样的）寂静;极寒时候;
horse
[hɔrs]
n. 马;骑马的军人，骑兵;有脚的架;跳马，鞍马;
vt. 为…备马;猛推或用力向上举;
vi. 欲交配，，用于母马;
adj. 马的;骑在马背上的;马拉的，使用马力的;较大的，较粗硬的;
🗣️ 情景例句
it suddenly became real.
一切突然成真了。
I've never read a more stimulating story.
我没有读过比这更刺激的故事。
However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。