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

• His vigilance never languished.
  他的警觉从未松懈下来。
• I am bound to admit that conversations and amusement languished during the day.
  我不得不承认，当天的谈话和消遣都索然无味。
• Business languished, and she hung out a Room to Let card.
  生意冷清，她挂出了“出租房屋”的招牌。
• His interest in the poetry has languished recently.
  最近他对诗歌的兴趣减退了。
• I languished day by day like the leaves decreasing from the trees day by day in the advance autumn.
  我一天天憔悴了下去，如同提前到来的秋天里一天天减少的叶子。
• However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
  然而，这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。
• She languished for her husband in the army.
  她苦思在军队服役的丈夫。
• We all languished in the tropical climate.
  受热带气候影响，我们都变得倦怠乏力。
• The girl thereupon fell into such deep reflection that conversation languished.
  随即这个少女便陷入了沉思，于是谈话冷下去了。
• 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。