languished是什么意思？

languished

• v. 长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 )，受折磨，变得（越来越）衰弱，因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐；

例句

• Our project languished during the holidays. 我们的计划在假期里泡汤了。
• The flowers languished from lack of water. 花因缺水而凋萎.
• His interest in the poetry has languished recently. 最近他对诗歌的兴趣减退了.
• He languished after his dog died. 他狗死之后,人憔悴了.
• For many years behavioural economics languished at the fringes of the profession. 行为经济学家们多年来在经济学专业的边缘苦思冥想.
• In the story, the lorn damsel languished and pined away. 在那个故事中, 那位孤寂的少女郁闷不乐,渐渐地消瘦了.
• 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。

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• 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。