whippings
n.
鞭打（作为惩罚）( whipping的名词复数 );
替罪羊，代人受过者;
例句:
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This was worse than a thousand whippings, and Tom's heart was sorer now than his body.
这一席话比一千下鞭打更管用, 汤姆的心比肉体更加痛楚不安.
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I think your whippings will have to be pretty energetic , to make such impression.
我想你打起来恐怕得使劲才行,否则是不会有多大效果的.
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He is happy to film whippings, in unstinting detail, or the incarceration of Broomhilda, whom Django has come to save.
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