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.- Pollard continues to languish in prison...
波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。 - 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。
- Pollard continues to languish in prison...
- 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.- 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。 - New products languish on the drawing board.
新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
- Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
双语例句
- 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。 - However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
然而,这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。 - The grouping had in fact been created after the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98, but had largely languished since, its meetings attended by ministers and officials of decreasing seniority as time went on.
事实上,该集团在1997-98年亚洲金融危机之后就已创建,但此后便日渐式微,随着时间的推移,出席G20会议的部长与官员的级别不断下降。 - The USA languished in 13th, while Britain was 29th-the lowest of the pre-expansion EU nations.
美国退到了第13位,而英国仅列第29位,是欧盟东扩之前的成员国中排名最靠后的。 - His vigilance never languished.
他的警觉从未松懈下来。 - My interest in the subject has greatly languished.
我对这一问题的兴趣大大减退了。 - We all languished in the tropical climate.
受热带气候影响,我们都变得倦怠乏力。 - The innocent man languished in prison for twenty years.
那无辜的人在20年的监狱生活中变得衰弱无力。 - As a result, AOL has languished for the past decade and made a number of strategic missteps.
结果,AOL十年来日见凋敝,且实施了许多错误战略步骤。 - His interest in the poetry has languished recently.
最近他对诗歌的兴趣减退了。