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

• 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？
• 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。
• But Germany, one of its biggest economic rivals, has again made steep progress after languishing well below the rich-country average in 2000.
  但是，作为英国最大的经济对手之一，德国学生的排名在2000年曾远远落后于富裕国家的平均水平，但他们此后取得了长足的进步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But with its climate-change bill still languishing in Congress, Washington has little leverage.
  但由于美国的气候变化法案仍在国会遭到冷落，华盛顿几乎没有多少影响力。
• 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。
• All these anxietys made mother look languishing.
  这些烦人的事使母亲看起。
• 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%。