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

• 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。