• vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思

来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax,slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。

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.

1. Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.

她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

来自《权威词典》

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. New products languish on the drawing board.

新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

来自辞典例句

5. 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.

来自辞典例句