languish是什么意思

双语例句

(1)She languished in this jail for 10 years.

她在这个监狱里苦熬了10年。

(2)The flower is languished in autumn.

秋天花儿枯萎了。

(3)The boy has been studying hard, but he still languishes near the bottom.

这个男孩学习一直很努力，但是成绩依然在末位徘徊。

(4)Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦

(5)Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续在牢里受折磨。

(6)She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

(7)Shares now languish around $13 per share.

股价现在衰弱到了每股$13左右。

(8)The housing market continues to languish.

房地产市场继续低迷。

(9)The red should languish and the green must grow?

应是绿肥红瘦。

同义词

vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思

同根词

词根 languish

(1)languishing adj. 渴望的；含情脉脉的；渐渐衰弱的

释义

v.

(of a person or other living thing)lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble

（人，生物）失去（或缺少）活力；变得衰弱

plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant.

植物可能会显得病恹恹的，那只是因为它们处于休眠期中。

fail to make progress or be successful

没有进展没有成功

Kelso languish near the bottom of the Scottish First Division.

凯尔索队徘徊在苏格兰甲级联赛榜的榜尾。

archaic pine with love or grief

〈古〉 思恋，哀思

she still languished after Richard.

她还在苦苦思恋着理查德。

archaic assume or display a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone

〈古〉 摆出一副情意真切的温柔（或忧伤的）模样；显示出温柔亲切（或忧伤）的样子

when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes.

有客来访时，她面带笑容，随即就变得愁容满面。

be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation

被迫处于逆境

he has been languishing in a Mexican jail since 1974.

１９７４年以来他一直在墨西哥一监狱中受折磨。

词源

"Middle English （in the sense　‘become faint, feeble, or ill’）： from Old French languiss-， lengthened stem of languir　‘languish'， from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus　‘loose, lax’．"