languish
英 ['læŋgwɪʃ]
美['læŋɡwɪʃ]
- vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
词态变化
第三人称单数: languishes;过去式: languished;过去分词: languished;现在分词: languishing;
中文词源
languish 长期受苦，煎熬
来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax,slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。
英文词源
- languish
- languish: see relish
- languish (v.)
- early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.
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