"horsewhipped" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 用馬鞭抽打

Definition

用馬鞭抽打或懲罰某人（騎馬時用的長皮鞭）。通常用來形容過去的體罰。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

"Horsewhipped" 常見於文學或歷史語境，表示嚴重的體罰；現今幾乎不再字面使用。可以比喻羞辱或嚴厲批評，與一般的“whipped”不同。

Examples

The thief was horsewhipped for his crime.

那個小偷因犯罪被**用馬鞭抽打**。

He was horsewhipped in front of everyone.

他在眾人面前被**用馬鞭抽打**。

Servants were often horsewhipped in the old days.

過去僕人常常被**用馬鞭抽打**。

He felt so shamed, it was as if he had been horsewhipped.

他感到極度羞辱，彷彿被**馬鞭抽打**了一樣。

The general threatened to have any deserters horsewhipped.

將軍威脅說，任何逃兵都會被**用馬鞭抽打**。

They were practically horsewhipped by the press after the scandal.

醜聞後他們幾乎被媒體**馬鞭抽打**羞辱。