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

• 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。
• Juventus defender Domenico Criscito has let it be known that he is not prepared to languish on the bench this coming season, and in doing so has given his former club Genoa hope that he will end up supporting their cause for at least one more term.
  尤文图斯后卫多梅内克科里斯西托让俱乐部知道，他不准备在下个赛季坐在替补席上苦等，并且他至少一个赛季不会支持尤文图斯的事业，这样做也给了热那亚希望。
• 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。
• Many other journalists languish in jail simply for doing their jobs.
  还有许多记者仅仅是因为做了自己本该做的工作而身陷囹圄。
• 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。
• New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.
  新的发明都将在实验室里孕育多年。
• And those she disdains, such as Secretary of State Dean Rusk, tended to languish.
  而那些她鄙视的，则并不受重视，比如国务卿迪安•腊斯克。
• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Pollard continues to languish in prison
  波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
• While students languish in debt, many university presidents enjoy lofty paychecks.
  虽然学生们债务缠身，但许多大学校长却享受着超高的薪水。