languish是什么意思？

languish

英[ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] 美[ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ]

• vi. 憔悴，潦倒，（草木等）凋萎，失去活力，烦恼，焦思；
• n. 憔悴，惹人怜爱的感伤模样[倦态等]，脉脉含情；

第三人称单数：languishes;

过去式：languished;

过去分词：languished;

现在分词：languishing;

例句

• 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.
• She continues to languish in a foreign prison. 她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
• Pollard continues to languish in prison. 波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
• Than languish in his slow - chapp'd power. 也莫随它的流逝慢慢衰老.
• New products languish on the drawing board. 新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
• 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... 波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

同义词

• v.
  languish的同义词之：凋萎,衰败
  ebb, abandoned, abate, dwindle, diminish, rot,
  languish的同义词之：变得衰弱无力,失去活力
  wither, listless, weaken, downhill, devitalize, go, droop, sag, fade, exhaust, yield, fatigue, fag, ebb, flag, sicken, decline, wilt, weary, fail, tire, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, grow,
  languish的同义词之：悲痛,伤心,绝望,忧郁,作出令人爱怜的倦态
  give, sigh, heart, bewail, repine, mope, sulk, pine, bemoan, lament, grieve, despond, despair, lose, up, mourn,
  languish的同义词之：晕厥,昏倒,困倦
  drop, sink, fall, collapse, swoon, sleep, stagger,
  languish的同义词之：渴望,焦思
  hunger, pant, for, die, yearn, rave, cry, thirst, pine, covet,
• languish的同义词之：其他释义
  lessen, drowse,

反义词

• vi.
  languish的反义词之：衰弱;受折磨;渴望
  thrive, satiate, flourish, encourage, inspire,
• languish的反义词之：其他释义
  inspire, encourage,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （被迫）受苦，受折磨
  If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  中落；衰败；衰落
  If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  变得(越来越)衰弱
  Our project languished during the holidays. 我们的计划在假期里泡汤了。
  因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐
  He languished after his dog died. 他的爱犬死后，他人憔悴多了

英英词典释义

• Verb
  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"