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

• New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.
  新的发明都将在实验室里孕育多年。
• Juventus defender Domenico Criscito has let it be known that he is not prepared to languish on the bench this coming season, and in doing so has given his former club Genoa hope that he will end up supporting their cause for at least one more term.
  尤文图斯后卫多梅内克科里斯西托让俱乐部知道，他不准备在下个赛季坐在替补席上苦等，并且他至少一个赛季不会支持尤文图斯的事业，这样做也给了热那亚希望。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Why do people in developing countries leave undermanned farms to languish in urban unemployment, for example?
  比如，为何发展中国家的人民要离开人手不足的农村，到城市里去经受失业的折磨？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。