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

• The young singer is languishing for praise.
  年轻的歌手正为想得到赞扬而犯愁。
• I press her Hand gently, look Languishing down.
  我温柔地紧握她的手，深情地向下看。
• The difference between a languishing nation and one that will flourish is the recognition that we need equal access to education for both boys and girls.
  一个日趋衰弱的国家与一个强盛的国家的区别就是其中的男孩和女孩是否有平等受教育的机会。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is languishing for home.
  他苦思家乡。
• All these anxietys made mother look languishing.
  这些烦人的事使母亲看起。
• 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。
• After years of languishing, Europe's biggest economy is beginning to feel the benefit of reforms, particularly to its financial system.
  欧洲最大的经济体在经历了数年退步之后，开始收获改革成果，尤其是在金融体系方面。