languished

英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt]

美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt]

v.  被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展
languish的过去分词和过去式

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

• After his death optics again languished.
  他死后，光学又衰落了。
• Crimean infrastructure and hotels have languished from a lack of investment.
  由于缺少投资，克里米亚当地许多基础设施和酒店正在老化衰败。
• 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。
• 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。
• His interest in the poetry has languished recently.
  最近他对诗歌的兴趣减退了。
• Research and development in insect biology and insect resistant plants languished during this period.
  这一时期昆虫生物学和抗虫植物的研究和发展很不景气。
• The innocent man languished in prison for twenty years.
  那无辜的人在20年的监狱生活中变得衰弱无力。
• We all languished in the tropical climate.
  受热带气候影响，我们都变得倦怠乏力。
• The USA languished in 13th, while Britain was 29th-the lowest of the pre-expansion EU nations.
  美国退到了第13位，而英国仅列第29位，是欧盟东扩之前的成员国中排名最靠后的。
• Here we have languished, with no hope for release* No hope for justice.
  我们在这儿饱受摧残，没有获释的机会，更没有伸张正义的可能！