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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pollard continues to languish in prison
  波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
• 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。
• Many other journalists languish in jail simply for doing their jobs.
  还有许多记者仅仅是因为做了自己本该做的工作而身陷囹圄。
• The hardware maker's shares are now within touching distance of their 2008 high. Yet expectations for Dell are largely unchanged, and its shares languish well below last year's levels.
  眼下这家电脑硬件制造商的股价距离2008年的高点已是触手可及。然而对戴尔的预期基本上没有什么变化，其股价也远低于去年的水平。
• 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。
• New products languish on the drawing board.
  新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• 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。