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

• No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.
  小拍卖行不再在默默无闻中衰败。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you encounter roadblocks, marshal your resources to get around them rather than letting a project languish.
  如果你遇到了障碍，不是让项目失败，而是动员起所有的资源。
• For one, the longer these workers languish, the more that delays their careers& impacting how much they earn years from today.
  比方说，年轻工作者挣扎于就业边缘的时间越久，职业发展就越遥遥无期&它将影响到几年后他们能挣多少钱。
• New products languish on the drawing board.
  新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• 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。
• Let them languish in a box in your bedroom and you are sure to catch some flack.
  让他们在煎熬中，在你的卧室，你一定要捕捉一些弗拉克。
• 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。
• 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。