languish
英 ['læŋgwɪʃ]
美['læŋɡwɪʃ]
- vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
词态变化
第三人称单数: languishes;过去式: languished;过去分词: languished;现在分词: languishing;
中文词源
languish 长期受苦，煎熬
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。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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