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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Otherwise, as we have seen with other disasters, communities can languish for many years in a state of dependence, with high levels of disease and mortality.
  否则，正如我们在其它灾害情景中看到的，社会将在许多年中失去活力，依赖它人，伴随而来的是居高不下的疾病发生率和死亡率。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such services may languish until a more effective governance strategy can bring them into the light of day.
  在出台更有效的治理策略之前，这些服务可能会一直处于被搁置状态、永不见天日。