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"
   

1.（被迫）受苦，受折磨
If someonelanguishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.

languish的解释

e.g. Pollard continues tolanguish in prison...
波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
e.g. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, orlanguish 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。

2.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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. New productslanguish on the drawing board.
新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

1. 衰弱：一再填充才相关(affiliate),向下五度才偏离(deviate),一再离开得减轻(alleviate)重画只能放弃(relinquish),完成才会征服(vanquish),生气才会痛苦(anguish),懒鬼才会衰弱(languish)表达清楚有艺术(articulate),

2. 憔悴：languish for 因渴望而苦恼 |languish 憔悴 |languisher 衰弱者

3.

3. 凋谢;憔悴：language 语言 |languish 凋谢;憔悴 | lantern 灯笼

4. 憔悴,凋萎,衰弱 anguish 使极为痛苦：unflappable 不慌张的,镇定的,flap 拍打 |languish 憔悴,凋萎,衰弱 anguish 使极为痛苦 | spleen 脾脏,坏脾气

Shares now languish around 13 per share.

股价现在衰弱到了每股%2413左右。

The housing market continues to languish.

房地产市场继续低迷。

My interest in music has languished slightly.

我对音乐的兴趣有点减退。

The flower languished from lack of water.

花因缺水而枯萎。

The children soon began to languish in the heat.

孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.

In the Tower of London,prisoners used to languish in chains,cold,and darkness.

过去，在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐、寒冷和阴暗的折磨。

They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again shall they languish.

他们的心灵要好象受灌溉的田园，再也不感憔悴。

She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

Share prices languished at 102p.

股票价格停滞在102便士上。

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。

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。

Judah mourns, her cities languish ; they for the land , and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

犹大悲哀、城门衰败 、 众人披上黑衣坐在地上.耶路撒冷的哀声上达.

What achievements can not be said, what of it languish, the daily live without substantial simple.

说不上有什么成就, 也说不上有什么萎靡, 每天的生活过得简单而不充实.

Chicken sales are down at markets and restaurants, and caged birds languish unsold in pet shops.

市场和餐厅鸡的销售量一落千丈, 宠物店鸟笼里憔悴的鸟也无人问津.

Judah mourns, her cities languish ; they wail for the land a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

犹大悲哀, 城门衰败.众人披上黑衣坐在地上.耶路撒冷的哀声上达.

The children soon began to languish in the heat.

孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.

In the Tower of London, prisoners used to languish in chains, cold, and darkness.

过去, 在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐 、 寒冷和阴暗的折磨.

Archimonde : Your soul will languish for eternity.

你的灵魂将永远调零!

Yet expectations for Dell are largely unchanged, and its shares languish well below last year's levels.

然而对戴尔的预期基本上没有什么变化, 其股价也远低于去年的水平.

All have continued to languish at or near the bottom of the pile.

所有这些国家一直都挣扎在或接近于各国排名的最底端.

No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.

不会再有小的乡下拍卖行在犄角旮旯里自生自灭了.

Many educators say parents should crack down on their teenagers'jobs if grades start to languish.

许多教育工作者说,如果孩子成绩开始下降,父母应该对他们的打工时间进行严格控制.

Study no regrets ! Consumers have for the Iraqi languish.

读书无悔! 为伊消得人憔悴.

Interns can pitch in to support projects that might otherwise languish on a back burner.

实习生们可以投入那些原本可能会被搁置一旁的项目.

I am on business trip once more . E 83.6369, N 41.9857, the busy complexion let me languish.

我又一次匆匆出发,到一个叫做东经83.6369北纬41.9857的地方. 到现场忙碌的滋味让我苦涩得思考未来.

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.

New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

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。

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