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

• Almost four years after the$ 700bn Troubled asset relief programme for the banks, US house prices still languish roughly a third below their peak.
  在面向银行的7000亿美元问题资产救助计划（Tarp）实施近4年之后，美国房价仍比历史峰值大约低了三分之一。
• In the Tower of London, prisoners used to languish in chains, cold, and darkness.
  过去，在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐、寒冷和阴暗的折磨。
• Now the danger is that we will languish in a period of under-confidence.
  目前的危险在于，我们会在一段信心不足的时期内消沉下去。
• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Five odors choke our noses to make us languish in thinking.
  五种气味，呛我们的鼻子，连带地使我们思维呆滞。
• 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。
• Pollard continues to languish in prison
  波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
• Some are bound to languish, but others may be passed& though there would then be further hurdles to jump, not least the president's power of veto ( George Bush has other conflicts on his mind).
  其中一些肯定会夭折，但另一些则有可能通过&虽然还有更多的障碍需要通过，不仅是总统的否决权（乔治布什还在做其它的思想斗争）。
• New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.
  新的发明都将在实验室里孕育多年。
• 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。