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flog/flɒɡ/v. (flogged, flogging) 1 tr.a beat with a whip, stick, etc. (as a punishment or to urge on) (作为惩罚或为了驱策而用鞭子、棍棒等)抽打，敲打 b make work through violent effort 费力地使…工作 flogged the engine 费力地让发动机运转起来 2 tr. slang [俚语]a (often foll. by 常后跟 off) Brit. sell [英]卖 b offer for sale 出售 3 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 into, out of) drive (a quality, knowledge, etc.) into or out of a person, esp. by physical punishment (尤指通过肉体惩罚)向某人灌输(或使某人舍弃) (某种品质、知识等)；驱使，迫使 4 intr. & refl. Brit. slang proceed by violent or painful effort [英] [俚语]费力地进行 □ flog a dead horse waste energy on something unalterable 鞭打死马；做无用功，徒劳无益 □ flog to death colloq. talk about or promote at tedious length [口]长时间枯燥地谈论(或宣传) □ flogger n.[17th-c.: probably imitative or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’] |