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

• He languished for her love and gave her languishing looks.
  他因渴望得到她的爱而变得憔悴，并经常向她投去郁郁不乐的目光。
• While it is flirting with$ 100, West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, is languishing.
  在它逼近100美元关口的同时，美国基准的西德州中质油价格却在逐步下滑。
• She has been languishing for love and sympathy.
  她一直因渴望爱情和同情而烦恼。
• Which of these countries has a mercy-killing doctor now languishing in its jails?
  但是，在上述那个国家有医生因为实施安乐死而在监狱里服刑呢？
• 'Languishing in that valley wasn't a viable option, so I just soldiered on,' he says.
  他说：在那个山谷中煎熬不是个可行的办法，所以我就选择了直面困难。
• This conflict between the new urban capitalism, flourishing with party support, and the former rural capitalism, now languishing, has dug a social divide with no equivalent in other nations, rich or poor.
  在党的支持下繁荣起来的新都市资本主义和现在已经衰落的从前的农村资本主义之间的冲突造成了严重的社会分裂，这种分裂的程度在无论贫富的任何其他国家中都不曾出现过。
• 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。
• The tigers, symbolic of military power and considered "king of the jungle" in Asia, appear to be languishing under an assault, with no clear sense of who or where the enemy is.
  老虎是军事力量和在亚洲被视为「森林之王」的象徵，显得好像被人侵犯，却懈怠地对敌人是谁和在何方一无所知。
• 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。
• While the American spirit is languishing, a new European dream is being born, he wrote.
  里夫金写道：当美国精神正在疲倦枯萎之时，一个崭新的欧洲梦却正在诞生。