languishing

英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ]

v.  被迫滞留; 长期受苦; 受煎熬; 变得衰弱; 未能取得进展
languish的现在分词

现在分词：languishing　

COCA.43066

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

• In spite of their best efforts, however, the dinner was a languishing affair.
  然而，尽管他们使尽浑身解数，宴会仍是索然无味。
• Thus, in the sale process, We not only languishing, developers greater psychological pressure.
  可见，在卖楼的过程中，受煎熬的不仅仅是我们，开发商的心理压力更大。
• He has been languishing in jail for the past twenty years.
  过去的二十年里他一直在监狱忍受折磨。
• Its share price is still languishing almost 80 per cent below its level before the muddy waters report.
  东方纸业的股价如今仍然比浑水提出指控前低近80%。
• The UK, Italy and Japan are languishing far behind.
  英国、意大利和日本的产出则远低于危机前水平。
• You definitely do not want a home languishing on the market.
  你绝对不想要一个家黯淡的市场前景。
• And moreover, ties of trade and commerce between Israelis and Arabs could be an engine of growth and opportunity at a time when too many young people in the region are languishing without work.
  此外，在该地区有太多的年轻人因没有工作而生活困苦的时候，以色列人与阿拉伯人之间的贸易和商业纽带可以成为增长和机遇的引擎。
• Just as blogs flourish in the 24/ 7 news cycle, big media companies are languishing.
  在日夜不息的新闻圈内，博客时刻活跃着，大型媒体公司因此日渐衰落。
• I press her Hand gently, look Languishing down.
  我温柔地紧握她的手，深情地向下看。
• He lies languishing of wounds.
  他伤痛缠身，躺在床上。