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.
  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。

双语例句

• The tigers, symbolic of military power and considered "king of the jungle" in Asia, appear to be languishing under an assault, with no clear sense of who or where the enemy is.
  老虎是军事力量和在亚洲被视为「森林之王」的象徵，显得好像被人侵犯，却懈怠地对敌人是谁和在何方一无所知。
• She has been languishing for love and sympathy.
  她一直因渴望爱情和同情而烦恼。
• But the meetings occur at a time when the global economy and international trade are languishing.
  但是，坎昆会议召开的时机正值全球经济和国际贸易都趋向疲软。
• You definitely do not want a home languishing on the market.
  你绝对不想要一个家黯淡的市场前景。
• And what was odd, with a languishing air, which she owed to her perusal of romances.
  并且说也奇怪，她老象有满腔心事似的，那是由于她多读了几回香艳小说。
• Thus, in the sale process, We not only languishing, developers greater psychological pressure.
  可见，在卖楼的过程中，受煎熬的不仅仅是我们，开发商的心理压力更大。
• While it is flirting with$ 100, West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, is languishing.
  在它逼近100美元关口的同时，美国基准的西德州中质油价格却在逐步下滑。
• 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。
• He languished for her love and gave her languishing looks.
  他因渴望得到她的爱而变得憔悴，并经常向她投去郁郁不乐的目光。
• 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。