languish

来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax,slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。

languish

languish: see relish

languish (v.)

early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.

1. Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

来自《权威词典》

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

来自辞典例句

5. New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.

新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.

来自辞典例句

1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

"After her husband died, she just pined away"

2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

"She ached for a cigarette"

"I am pining for my lover"

3. become feeble;

"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

牛津词典

Share prices languished at 102p.

股票价格停滞在102便士上。

牛津词典

Pollard continues to languish in prison...

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Judah mourns, her cities languish ; they for the land , and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

犹大悲哀、城门衰败 、 众人披上黑衣坐在地上.耶路撒冷的哀声上达.

期刊摘选

What achievements can not be said, what of it languish, the daily live without substantial simple.

说不上有什么成就, 也说不上有什么萎靡, 每天的生活过得简单而不充实.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

Judah mourns, her cities languish ; they wail for the land a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

犹大悲哀, 城门衰败.众人披上黑衣坐在地上.耶路撒冷的哀声上达.

期刊摘选

The children soon began to languish in the heat.

孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.

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In the Tower of London, prisoners used to languish in chains, cold, and darkness.

过去, 在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐 、 寒冷和阴暗的折磨.

期刊摘选

Archimonde : Your soul will languish for eternity.

你的灵魂将永远调零!

期刊摘选

Yet expectations for Dell are largely unchanged, and its shares languish well below last year's levels.

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.

期刊摘选

All have continued to languish at or near the bottom of the pile.

所有这些国家一直都挣扎在或接近于各国排名的最底端.

期刊摘选

No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.

不会再有小的乡下拍卖行在犄角旮旯里自生自灭了.

期刊摘选

Many educators say parents should crack down on their teenagers'jobs if grades start to languish.

许多教育工作者说,如果孩子成绩开始下降,父母应该对他们的打工时间进行严格控制.

期刊摘选

Study no regrets ! Consumers have for the Iraqi languish.

读书无悔! 为伊消得人憔悴.

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Interns can pitch in to support projects that might otherwise languish on a back burner.

实习生们可以投入那些原本可能会被搁置一旁的项目.

期刊摘选

I am on business trip once more . E 83.6369, N 41.9857, the busy complexion let me languish.

我又一次匆匆出发,到一个叫做东经83.6369北纬41.9857的地方. 到现场忙碌的滋味让我苦涩得思考未来.

期刊摘选

New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.

新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.

辞典例句

New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

辞典例句

She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句

Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

柯林斯例句