languishing
英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ]
美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ]
v. 被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展
languish的现在分词
现在分词:languishing
COCA.43066
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
- Just as blogs flourish in the 24/ 7 news cycle, big media companies are languishing.
在日夜不息的新闻圈内,博客时刻活跃着,大型媒体公司因此日渐衰落。 - The difference between a languishing nation and one that will flourish is the recognition that we need equal access to education for both boys and girls.
一个日趋衰弱的国家与一个强盛的国家的区别就是其中的男孩和女孩是否有平等受教育的机会。 - In spite of their best efforts, however, the dinner was a languishing affair.
然而,尽管他们使尽浑身解数,宴会仍是索然无味。 - This conflict between the new urban capitalism, flourishing with party support, and the former rural capitalism, now languishing, has dug a social divide with no equivalent in other nations, rich or poor.
在党的支持下繁荣起来的新都市资本主义和现在已经衰落的从前的农村资本主义之间的冲突造成了严重的社会分裂,这种分裂的程度在无论贫富的任何其他国家中都不曾出现过。 - But Germany, one of its biggest economic rivals, has again made steep progress after languishing well below the rich-country average in 2000.
但是,作为英国最大的经济对手之一,德国学生的排名在2000年曾远远落后于富裕国家的平均水平,但他们此后取得了长足的进步。 - After years of languishing, Europe's biggest economy is beginning to feel the benefit of reforms, particularly to its financial system.
欧洲最大的经济体在经历了数年退步之后,开始收获改革成果,尤其是在金融体系方面。 - Pabst still brewed a small amount of gansett each year, but the brand was languishing.
pabst每年仍酿造少量的gansett啤酒,但该品牌正日趋式微。 - He lies languishing of wounds.
他伤痛缠身,躺在床上。 - Which of these countries has a mercy-killing doctor now languishing in its jails?
但是,在上述那个国家有医生因为实施安乐死而在监狱里服刑呢? - 'Languishing in that valley wasn't a viable option, so I just soldiered on,' he says.
他说:在那个山谷中煎熬不是个可行的办法,所以我就选择了直面困难。