/flɒg; flɑˇ/
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.

v past tense and past participlefloggedpresent participleflogging [T]

[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Perhaps from Latin flagellare 'to whip']
to beat a person or animal with a whip or stick
　He was publicly flogged and humiliated.
informal to sell something
　I'm going to flog all my old video tapes.
be flogging a dead horse
spoken to be wasting time or effort by trying to do something that is impossible
flog sth to death
BrE informal to repeat a story or use an idea etc so often that people become bored with it
　They take a good idea and flog it to death.