languishes

英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz]

美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz]

v.  被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展
languish的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Reading each email four or five times while it languishes in your inbox is a huge waste of time, and totally impractical given the amount of email we all receive.
  把收件箱中一封邮件看上四五次大大的浪费了时间，而且由于我们收到邮件的数量，所以也是不实际的。
• My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
  诗119：81我心渴想你的救恩、望你的应许。
• The devastated Tohoku region, which bore a significant brunt of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, still languishes despite a promise over two years ago from the central government to rebuild the area, a reminder that Tokyo, and not the outer regions, matters most.
  尽管两年前日本中央政府曾承诺将重建，但在2011年的大地震和飓风中被摧毁的东北町地区如今依然满目疮痍，似乎提醒着人们，最重要的地区是东京，而不是外围地区。
• Yet the share price of the second-largest technology company by market capitalisation languishes at the same level at which it has bumped along since 2001.
  但这家全球市值第二技术公司的股价却萎靡不振，维持在2001年以来一直徘徊低迷的水平上。
• Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honour the sacredness of our obligation, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.
  难怪信心在减弱，信心，只有靠诚实、信誉、忠心维护和无私履行职责。
• Healthcare and financial system reform are centre-stage, while a climate bill passed by the house languishes.
  医疗和金融体系改革才是核心，而众议院通过的一项气候法案则遭到冷落。
• But in every trade which languishes under the tyranny of the ornamentalists, neither good nor bad work is valued.
  但是，在那些呻吟与装饰主义者的专制之下的行业里，手艺好坏是不分的。
• Meanwhile, the share price languishes at less than half the$ 31 Microsoft was prepared to bid last year.
  与此同时，股价已下滑至微软（microsoft）去年开出的31美元收购价的一半以下。
• Further south languishes Hong Kong, where the China-related H share index trades on a mere 8 times 2016 earnings. It has returned a relatively paltry 11 per cent this year.
  再往南一点的香港股市处于低迷状态，与中国内地相关的H股指数的2016年预期市盈率只有8倍。该指数今年的回报率只有区区11%。