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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hardware maker's shares are now within touching distance of their 2008 high. Yet expectations for Dell are largely unchanged, and its shares languish well below last year's levels.
  眼下这家电脑硬件制造商的股价距离2008年的高点已是触手可及。然而对戴尔的预期基本上没有什么变化，其股价也远低于去年的水平。
• The US continued to languish slightly below the OECD average.
  美国依然稍稍落后于经合组织国家的平均水平。
• New products languish on the drawing board.
  新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Chicken sales are down at markets and restaurants, and caged birds languish unsold in pet shops.
  市场和餐厅鸡的销售量一落千丈，宠物店鸟笼里憔悴的鸟也无人问津。
• 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。
• 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。