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

• After his death optics again languished.
  他死后，光学又衰落了。
• Here we have languished, with no hope for release* No hope for justice.
  我们在这儿饱受摧残，没有获释的机会，更没有伸张正义的可能！
• However, the proposal has languished in Congress.
  然而，这一提议在美国国会已经没戏了。
• I am bound to admit that conversations and amusement languished during the day.
  我不得不承认，当天的谈话和消遣都索然无味。
• He languished for the home he had been forced to leave.
  他因渴望被迫离开家而忧郁不快。
• He languished for her love and gave her languishing looks.
  他因渴望得到她的爱而变得憔悴，并经常向她投去郁郁不乐的目光。
• The girl thereupon fell into such deep reflection that conversation languished.
  随即这个少女便陷入了沉思，于是谈话冷下去了。
• My interest in the subject has greatly languished.
  我对这一问题的兴趣大大减退了。
• 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 grouping had in fact been created after the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98, but had largely languished since, its meetings attended by ministers and officials of decreasing seniority as time went on.
  事实上，该集团在1997-98年亚洲金融危机之后就已创建，但此后便日渐式微，随着时间的推移，出席G20会议的部长与官员的级别不断下降。