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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pollard continues to languish in prison
  波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Languish as with love or desire.
  带着心愿或者爱好苦思。
• Similar hopes were voiced after lawmakers approved a free-trade deal with Peru this past fall, but the three pending deals still languish.
  今年秋季美国与秘鲁达成的自由贸易协定让人看到了希望的曙光，但眼下政府对上述三份协议依然是一筹莫展。