languish
美音:[´læŋgwıʃ
]
英音:[´læŋgwıʃ
]
vi.憔悴,凋萎,衰退,苦思
难易程度:
languish为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:languishingly 名词:languisher 动词过去式:languished 过去分词:languished 现在分词:languishing 第三人称单数:languishes
词根
-ish 表“做～”的意思
近义词, 同义词
decrease diminish lessen abridge shorten shrink contract drop off fall off tail off fall away waste wear wane ebb decline descend subside melt away die away retreat run low languish decay crumble abate discount depreciate extenuate lower weaken attenuate fritter away mitigate moderate dwarf throw into the shade reduce shorten subtractbe weak drop crumble give way totter tremble shake halt limp fade languish decline flag fail have one leg in the grave render weak weaken enfeeble debilitate shake deprive of strength relax enervate eviscerate unnerve cripple unman render powerless cramp reduce
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languish
/'læŋgwɪʃ; `læŋˇwɪʃ/
v [I] (fml 文)
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.
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.
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.
v [I] (fml 文)
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.
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.
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.
languish
v [I]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: languir, from Latin languere]
if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy
languish in
Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.
if something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful
→founder
≠ flourish
The housing market continues to languish.
The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday's fall.
West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league.
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: languir, from Latin languere]
if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy
languish in
Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.
if something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful
→founder
≠ flourish
The housing market continues to languish.
The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday's fall.
West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league.
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