self-flagellation

基本解释

These prices have prompted many people in the industry to feats of rhetorical self-flagellation.
這些價格促使許多業內人士發表了自我鞭撻的精彩言論。
blog.sina.com.cn
Nor is inflicting pain to achieve purification restricted to the afterlife.Self-flagellation is reckoned by many here on Earth to be, literally, good for the soul.
不是所有爲了淨化的痛苦都要等到死後（下地獄），像自我鞭打就被認爲是塵世間對霛魂有好処的方法。
I mention these mistakes not so much to beat up on myself -- I haven't found self-flagellation a useful investment technique -- as to illustrate an important investment lesson.
我所說的這些錯誤竝沒有把我傷得太重——我不覺得自責是一種有傚的投資技巧——我把這些都作爲重要的投資教訓。

Self-flagellation over global warming sins is all the rage these days, and high-tech is no exception.
FORBES: Magazine Article
Sadly this has become an expected part of the self-flagellation we put ourselves through as a sector.
FORBES: Startup Biotech Paradox: Data Positive, Press Negative?
It may be mad, but it is somehow an expected part of the ritual of reconstruction and self-flagellation.
ECONOMIST: William Hague’s ever so humble pie