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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• All these anxietys made mother look languishing.
  这些烦人的事使母亲看起。
• While it is flirting with$ 100, West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, is languishing.
  在它逼近100美元关口的同时，美国基准的西德州中质油价格却在逐步下滑。
• He lies on the ground languishing of wounds.
  他躺在地上，伤口疼痛难熬。
• 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。
• 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。
• The young singer is languishing for praise.
  年轻的歌手正为想得到赞扬而犯愁。