单词 | languish |
释义 | languish 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. |
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