| [/ˈlæŋgwɪʃ; ˋlæŋɡwɪʃ/] v [I] (fml 文) 用法:
1 lack or lose vitality 缺乏活力; 失去活力:
Since the war the industry has gradually languished. 开战以来, 这一工业的生产每况愈下. *
The children soon began to languish in the heat. 孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了. 用法:
2 ~ (for sb/sth) be or become weak and miserable because of unfulfilled longings; pine2(1) （因求之不得）变得衰弱而难过:
languish for love, company, sympathy 渴望得到爱、 相伴、 同情而憔悴. 用法:
3 ~ (in/under sth) live wretchedly 受苦; 受煎熬:
He languished in poverty for years. 他多年挣扎在贫困之中. *
languishing under foreign domination 在外国统治下受煎熬. |