flogging a dead

flogging a dead 基本解释

鞭打死人

词组短语

1、flogging a dead house 鞭打一座死房子

flogging a dead 用法和例句

1、You're flogging a dead horse by asking him to lend you money.

你向他借钱是白费力气。

2、You'll never persuade him! You're flogging a dead horse.

你根本说服不了他，你是在白费口舌！

3、Trying to get a financial contribution from Mark is flogging a dead horse.

企图从迈克那得到财政援助是徒劳无益的。

4、You are flogging a dead horse trying to persuade him to accept the new conceptshe is absolutely an old fossil.

想劝他接受新思想根本不可能，他决对是个老顽固。

重点词汇

flogging n. 鞭打 v. 滥用( flog的现在分词 )；<非正>出售；多次重打；鞭策死马

dead 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