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

• Business languished, and she hung out a Room to Let card.
  生意冷清，她挂出了“出租房屋”的招牌。
• Philips also said that because of the negotiations languished in the TV industry plans to be sold has changed.
  飞利浦也表示，因谈判陷入胶著，电视事业出售计画可能生变。
• 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。
• 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 interest in the poetry has languished recently.
  最近他对诗歌的兴趣减退了。
• He lost his accustomed vigor and languished in the troplcal climate.
  他失去了他惯有的活力，在热带气候中变得无精打采？
• 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。
• She languished for her husband in the army.
  她苦思在军队服役的丈夫。
• 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。
• However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
  然而，这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。