languish

英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ]

美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ]

v.  被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展

现在分词：languishing　过去式：languished　第三人称单数：languishes　过去分词：languished　复数：languishes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14532 / COCA.11648

牛津词典

verb

• 被迫滞留；长期受苦；受煎熬
  to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer sth unpleasant for a long time
  1. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
     她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
• 变得衰弱；未能取得进展
  to become weaker or fail to make progress
  1. Share prices languished at 102p.
     股票价格停滞在102便士上。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （被迫）受苦，受折磨
  If someonelanguishessomewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.
  1. Pollard continues to languish in prison...
     波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
  2. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.
     无人清楚如今有多少难民在到处流浪，或有多少人流离失所，在难民营里受苦。
• VERB 中落；衰败；衰落
  If somethinglanguishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
  1. Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
     没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
  2. New products languish on the drawing board.
     新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

英英释义

verb

• become feeble
  1. The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
  Synonym:fade
• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  1. After her husband died, she just pined away
  Synonym:pine awaywaste
• have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  1. She ached for a cigarette
  2. I am pining for my lover
  Synonym:acheyearnyenpine

双语例句

• In the Tower of London, prisoners used to languish in chains, cold, and darkness.
  过去，在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐、寒冷和阴暗的折磨。
• With all the work we put into the class and the quests, we aren't going to let death knights languish in obscurity.
  我们在职业和任务作了大量工作，不会让死亡骑士成为笑话或者没人关注的。
• Almost four years after the$ 700bn Troubled asset relief programme for the banks, US house prices still languish roughly a third below their peak.
  在面向银行的7000亿美元问题资产救助计划（Tarp）实施近4年之后，美国房价仍比历史峰值大约低了三分之一。
• New products languish on the drawing board.
  新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• Let them languish in a box in your bedroom and you are sure to catch some flack.
  让他们在煎熬中，在你的卧室，你一定要捕捉一些弗拉克。
• Although Mr Camp voted for the House version of the bill, he has already said that currency legislation is not among his priorities, so the proposal will most likely languish unless Congress wants to increase the pressure on Beijing.
  尽管坎普对众议院的法案投了赞成票，但他已表示，对汇率立法不在他的要务之列，因此该提案极有可能不了了之，除非国会希望加大对北京的施压力度。
• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Many educators say parents should crack down on their teenagers 'jobs if grades start to languish.
  许多教育工作者说，如果孩子成绩开始下降，父母应该对他们的打工时间进行严格控制。
• Why do people in developing countries leave undermanned farms to languish in urban unemployment, for example?
  比如，为何发展中国家的人民要离开人手不足的农村，到城市里去经受失业的折磨？
• Yet both belong to that wide, august circle of friends who never abandon us to languish in grief or solitude, but offer us solace in all pain.
  然而，二者又都属于那一群贤恢弘的朋友圈中，这些朋友从来不遗弃我们，不让我们在凄楚与孤寂中哀怨凋零，而是蔚籍我们于所有可能的哀痛之中。