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languish v.衰弱无力；失去活力；受苦；憔悴 (1) 股价现在衰弱到了每股%2413左右。(2) 房地产市场继续低迷。(3) 我对音乐的兴趣有点减退。(4) 花因缺水而枯萎。(5) 孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.(6) 他们的心灵要好象受灌溉的田园，再也不感憔悴。 Languish, like languid, is from the Latin word languere which means to "be weak or faint." Your houseplants might languish in a dark dry corner. A Romantic poet might languish on a velvet couch with the back of her hand to her forehead. People in operas love to languish: The main character in La Traviatta, Violetta, languishes from longing and eventually tuberculosis.

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英 ['læŋɡwɪʃ] 美 ['læŋɡwɪʃ] (1) Shares now languish around $13 per share.(2) The housing market continues to languish.(3) My interest in music has languished slightly.(4) The flower languished from lack of water.(5) The children soon began to languish in the heat.(6) They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again shall they languish. To languish is to become pitiful or weak because you're sick, in love, or stuck somewhere. A prisoner might languish in jail, longing for her freedom. 1[VERB 动词]（被迫）受苦，受折磨 If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.   [V prep/adv]Pollard continues to languish in prison...波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。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。2[VERB 动词]中落；衰败；衰落 If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.   [V]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。New products languish on the drawing board.新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

英语单词	languish
英美音标	英 ['læŋɡwɪʃ] 美 ['læŋɡwɪʃ]
中文释义	v.衰弱无力；失去活力；受苦；憔悴
英语例句	(1) Shares now languish around $13 per share. (2) The housing market continues to languish. (3) My interest in music has languished slightly. (4) The flower languished from lack of water. (5) The children soon began to languish in the heat. (6) They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again shall they languish.
中文例句	(1) 股价现在衰弱到了每股%2413左右。 (2) 房地产市场继续低迷。 (3) 我对音乐的兴趣有点减退。 (4) 花因缺水而枯萎。 (5) 孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了. (6) 他们的心灵要好象受灌溉的田园，再也不感憔悴。
vocabulary简明	To languish is to become pitiful or weak because you're sick, in love, or stuck somewhere. A prisoner might languish in jail, longing for her freedom.
vocabulary扩展	Languish, like languid, is from the Latin word languere which means to "be weak or faint." Your houseplants might languish in a dark dry corner. A Romantic poet might languish on a velvet couch with the back of her hand to her forehead. People in operas love to languish: The main character in La Traviatta, Violetta, languishes from longing and eventually tuberculosis.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（被迫）受苦，受折磨 If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation. [V prep/adv] Pollard continues to languish in prison... 波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。 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。 2 [VERB 动词]中落；衰败；衰落 If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties. [V] 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。 New products languish on the drawing board. 新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

Languish Continues Languished Lack Weak Longing Verb 动词