The united states continuously sanctioned myanmar and subjected it to regular rhetorical whippings in congress .
美国不停地制裁缅甸使它屈服于国会成为一替罪羔羊。
He averred that the whippings had made him " one of the best artists in the world " .
他坚称是鞭子成就了“世界上最伟大的一名艺术家”。
Even were the reader persuaded to allow that enduring jail , whippings and shipwrecks was paul 's own approach to identity politics , it is still hard to understand how he persuaded so many others to follow suit .
