languish
英 ['læŋgwɪʃ]
美['læŋɡwɪʃ]
- vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
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"
双语例句
- 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