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

• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Let them languish in a box in your bedroom and you are sure to catch some flack.
  让他们在煎熬中，在你的卧室，你一定要捕捉一些弗拉克。
• 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。
• 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。
• New products languish on the drawing board.
  新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。