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
- A few rich people enjoyed western consumer lifestyles while the majority languished in poverty.
一些阔人享受西方高消费生活方式,而大部分人则在贫困中受苦。 - However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
然而,这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。 - 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。 - 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。 - He languished in poverty most of his life.
他大半辈子在贫穷中呻吟。 - After his death optics again languished.
他死后,光学又衰落了。 - The company has long ceased to be seen as a top innovator and its stock has languished.
另外雅虎早已失去了一流创新公司的地位,它的股市表现也一蹶不振。 - My interest in the subject has greatly languished.
我对这一问题的兴趣大大减退了。 - 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。 - 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。