languished
英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt]
美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt]
v. 被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展
languish的过去分词和过去式
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.- Pollard continues to languish in prison...
波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。 - 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。
- Pollard continues to languish in prison...
- 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.- 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。 - New products languish on the drawing board.
新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
- Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
双语例句
- Philips also said that because of the negotiations languished in the TV industry plans to be sold has changed.
飞利浦也表示,因谈判陷入胶著,电视事业出售计画可能生变。 - The girl thereupon fell into such deep reflection that conversation languished.
随即这个少女便陷入了沉思,于是谈话冷下去了。 - Research and development in insect biology and insect resistant plants languished during this period.
这一时期昆虫生物学和抗虫植物的研究和发展很不景气。 - Business languished, and she hung out a Room to Let card.
生意冷清,她挂出了“出租房屋”的招牌。 - We all languished in the tropical climate.
受热带气候影响,我们都变得倦怠乏力。 - The USA languished in 13th, while Britain was 29th-the lowest of the pre-expansion EU nations.
美国退到了第13位,而英国仅列第29位,是欧盟东扩之前的成员国中排名最靠后的。 - He languished for her love and gave her languishing looks.
他因渴望得到她的爱而变得憔悴,并经常向她投去郁郁不乐的目光。 - As a result, AOL has languished for the past decade and made a number of strategic missteps.
结果,AOL十年来日见凋敝,且实施了许多错误战略步骤。 - He lost his accustomed vigor and languished in the troplcal climate.
他失去了他惯有的活力,在热带气候中变得无精打采? - However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
然而,这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。