lan·guish
verb/ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/
/ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they languish | /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it languishes | /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple languished | /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ |
| past participle languished | /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ |
| -ing form languishing | /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] languish (in something) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time
被迫滞留；长期受苦；受煎熬 - She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
她继续被囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
- She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
- [intransitive] to become weaker or fail to make progress
变得衰弱；未能取得进展 - The share price languished at 102p.
股票价格停滞在 102 便士上。
- The share price languished at 102p.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘become faint, feeble, or ill’): from Old French languiss-, lengthened stem of languir ‘languish’, from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus ‘loose, lax’.