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 is languishing for home.
  他苦思家乡。
• 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。
• Just as blogs flourish in the 24/ 7 news cycle, big media companies are languishing.
  在日夜不息的新闻圈内，博客时刻活跃着，大型媒体公司因此日渐衰落。
• She has been languishing for love and sympathy.
  她一直因渴望爱情和同情而烦恼。
• Pabst still brewed a small amount of gansett each year, but the brand was languishing.
  pabst每年仍酿造少量的gansett啤酒，但该品牌正日趋式微。
• 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%。
• 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。
• But the meetings occur at a time when the global economy and international trade are languishing.
  但是，坎昆会议召开的时机正值全球经济和国际贸易都趋向疲软。
• 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。
• 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？