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languish

英 ['læŋgwɪʃ] 美['læŋɡwɪʃ]
  • vi. 憔悴;凋萎;失去活力;苦思

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词态变化


第三人称单数: languishes;过去式: languished;过去分词: languished;现在分词: languishing;

中文词源


languish 长期受苦,煎熬

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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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

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