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

• 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。
• After his death optics again languished.
  他死后，光学又衰落了。
• She languished for her husband in the army.
  她苦思在军队服役的丈夫。
• However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
  然而，这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。
• Philips also said that because of the negotiations languished in the TV industry plans to be sold has changed.
  飞利浦也表示，因谈判陷入胶著，电视事业出售计画可能生变。
• 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。
• 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 the home he had been forced to leave.
  他因渴望被迫离开家而忧郁不快。
• 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。
• She languished for her children who had migrated to Australia.
  她苦苦思念着移居澳大利亚的儿女。