languish
英 ['l??gw??]
美['l??ɡw??]
- vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?languishes;過去式:?languished;過去分詞:?languished;現在分詞:?languishing;
中文詞源
languish 長期受苦，煎熬
來自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，詞源同lax,slack.引申詞義松軟無力的，消瘦的，后用來指長期受苦，煎熬。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Pollard continues to languish in prison.
- 波拉德繼續受牢獄之苦。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
- 她被繼續囚禁在一所外國的監獄里。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.
- 無人清楚如今有多少難民在到處流浪，或有多少人流離失所，在難民營里受苦。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. New products languish on the drawing board.
- 新產品在計劃階段即告失敗。
來自辭典例句
- 5. New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.
- 新的發明總會在實驗室里多年無人問津.
來自辭典例句