英语释义

• become feeble;

  "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

  "She ached for a cigarette"

  "I am pining for my lover"

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

  "After her husband died, she just pined away"

片语

languish u憔悴

languish e憔悴

Languish Lads倦怠少年

languish h变得消瘦

languish for因渴望而苦恼

consume away憔悴；消耗掉；枯萎凋谢

Languish temperature凋萎温度

pine渴望；痛苦；憔悴；为……悲哀；哀悼

英汉例句

• this idleness feeds the maras: in el salvador some 800 juveniles languish in jail, more than double the number in 2004.

  于是，游手好閑就为加入帮派提供了可能：在萨尔瓦多，约800个少年入狱，比之2004年的高出一倍还多。

• otherwise, as we have seen with other disasters, communities can languish for many years in a state of dependence, with high levels of disease and mortality.

  否则，正如我们在其它灾害情景中看到的，社会将在许多年中失去活力，依赖它人，伴随而来的是居高不下的疾病发生率和死亡率。

• ring the hospital to organize some laser treatment, or do you wish me to continue to languish like this?

  打电话给医院组织激光治疗，难懂你希望我继续这样受煎熬吗？

• such services may languish until a more effective governance strategy can bring them into the light of day.

  在出台更有效的治理策略之前，这些服务可能会一直处于被搁置状态、永不见天日。

• the degree of fairness, openness, and equality in labour markets is also a reason some countries are at the top of the league table, while others languish so much further down.

  而先决条件并不是保障，公平和社会开放的程度，劳工市场的平等性都是影响因素，而另一些衰退则可以看作社会的再一次倒退。

• nottingham forest won the european cup in 1979 and 1980, but their chairman and manager have both just resigned and they languish in the championship.

  诺丁汉森林也在1979和1980年两次夺得过欧洲冠军，不过俱乐部主席和球队总经理都相继辞职，他们都在冠军杯的征程中迷失了自己。

• fresh foods and leftovers languish on crowded shelves and eventually go bad. mr.

  新鲜的和剩下的食物被挤在冰箱的架子上，最终腐烂变质。

• those arrested are meant to hear the charges against them within 24 hours, but many languish for days in overcrowded cells, awaiting charges.

  被抓获的嫌疑犯本该在24小时内接 受审讯，但是许多人要在人满为患的牢房里蹉跎数日，等待聆讯。

• ‘stupid animal that i was’ (he said), ‘now i must languish in this dungeon, till people who were proud to say they knew me, have forgotten the very name of toad!

  抽泣噎住了他的喉咙，「我真蠢哪，现在，我只有在这个地牢里苦熬岁月。有一天，那些曾经以认识我为荣的人，连我蟾蜍的名字都给忘了！

• they also languish at least six months behind their counterparts in australia, canada, new zealand, singapore, japan and hong kong.

  与澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、新加坡、日本和香港的同龄人相比，他们也落后了六个月。

• why do people in developing countries leave undermanned farms to languish in urban unemployment, for example?

  比如，为何发展中国家的人民要离开人手不足的农村，到城市里去经受失业的折磨？

• many sickly ones have there always been among those who muse, and languish for god; violently they hate the discerning ones, and the latest of virtues, which is uprightness.

  在那些无声祷告、为神憔悴的人群中间，总混有许多病态的家伙；他们极端憎恨有洞察力的人，憎恨那些最近得道、坦诚的人。

• this lends support to rumors that local state-owned-enterprises are aggressively purchasing new chinese made cars and leaving them to languish in massive warehouses to pump up consumption figures.

  这组数字对比也验证了某些谣言，即为了推高消费数据，地方国有企业正在大规模购置堆积在仓库中的新式国产汽车）。

• fresh foods and leftovers languish on crowded shelves and eventually go bad.

  新鲜的食物和剩饭在拥挤的架子上减减变质，最后变坏。

• i think i have owned all of them in the past, though in which attics and basements they now languish i do not know.

  我想我在以前已经拥有全套，尽管现在我不知道他们葬身在我的阁楼上还是地下室里。

• people with autism may desire emotional and physical contact but can languish because they are hindered by their lack of social skills.

  自闭癥患者也许抱有与他人进行情感和身体交流的愿望，但是他们缺乏社交技能的事实阻碍了他们的行动。

• no country joined the top “free」 group, and a total of 43 countries, representing 36% of the world「s population, now languish in the 「not free」 group.

  没有新国家进入最高处的「自由」国家行列，而且，共有43个国家——代表了全球人口的36%——如今处于「不自由」状态中。

• if nothing else, the rapid creation of a small black middle class has meant that black south africans have not been left to languish in an undifferentiated lower class.

  至少，快速崛起的少部分黑人中产阶级说明南非黑人并没有在无差异的底层中自生自灭。

• he says that prices will fall by 6% or so in 2011 and will then languish for a while before gradually recovering.

  他说，2011年房价将继续下跌6%左右，然后会底部徘徊一段时间，然后再开始逐渐回升。

• the cactus… well, that will have to languish in the bathroom until next spring.

  仙人掌……，在春天到来前都应该把它放在浴室里。

• whatever crazy ideas pop into my head don」t have to languish there until they are slowly forgotten.

  无论什么疯狂的想法蹦进我脑子里，我不会让它们仅仅停留原地，直至被我遗忘。

• why do so many young black men languish behind bars?

  为什么那么多年轻黑人会在狱窗下度日？

• 「women are not at the top anywhere,」 says herminia ibarra, a professor at the insead business school near paris.「many get on the high-potential list and then languish there for ever.

  地理位置靠近巴黎的欧洲工商管理学院商学院的伊贝拉教授说，“女性在什么领域都不是最顶尖的」，「很多女性都能在高潜力的名单之列，然后就是永远地在那煎熬。」

相似词

ebb衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

abandoned抛弃；离弃；放弃（abandon 的过去式和过去分词）

abate减轻；失效

dwindle使缩小，使减少

diminish减少，缩小；变小

rot（非正式）胡说，废话

wither(Wither)人名；(英)威瑟

listless倦怠的；无精打采的；百无聊赖的

weaken变弱；畏缩；变软弱

downhill下坡的；容易的

devitalize（使）失去生命，衰弱

go忍受；出产；以……打赌

droop使…下垂

sag（虚弱或重压引起的）下弯，下垂；下垂度；（尤指暂时的）下降，萧条

fade使褪色

exhaust废气；排气管

yield产量；利润，红利率

fatigue使疲劳；使心智衰弱

fag苦工；疲劳

ebb衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

flag标示；疲乏，减弱；热情衰退；引起对……的注意；挥旗指示走某个方向；指示汽车停下；用标签做记号

sicken生病；变厌腻

decline下降；衰落；谢绝

wilt枯萎，凋谢；变得萎靡不振，失去自信；将（草、饲料等）晒成半干

weary使疲倦；使厌烦

fail失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退

tire轮胎；头饰（同 tyre）

debilitate使衰弱；使虚弱

enfeeble使衰弱；使无力

enervate衰弱的，无力的

grow使生长；种植；扩展

give给；产生；让步；举办；授予

sigh叹息，叹气；（尤指风发出的）叹息般的声音

heart结心

bewail悲悼；痛哭；哀叹

repine抱怨；不满

mope忧郁；百无聊赖

sulk生气；愠怒；生气的人

pine渴望；痛苦；憔悴；为……悲哀；哀悼

bemoan叹息

lament挽歌；恸哭；悲痛之情

grieve使悲伤，使苦恼

despond(Despond) （法）德蓬（人名）

despair绝望，丧失信心

lose失败；受损失

up上升；繁荣；（非正式）走运

mourn哀悼；忧伤；服丧

drop滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

sink（在水或泥里）下沉；使（船只）沉没；倒下；渗透；完全被理解；使锋利物穿透表面；（物体）沉降；消失；降低；（声音）变小；挖掘；埋入；使消沉，压抑；接近死亡；隐藏；击球入洞；（非正式）猛喝

fall秋天的

collapse崩溃；（突然）倒塌；病倒；（货币）暴跌

swoon昏晕；狂喜；假死状态

sleep(Sleep)人名；(英)斯利普

stagger蹒跚；交错安排

hunger(Hunger)人名；(德、波)洪格尔；(英)亨格

pant(Pant) （印、美、英）潘特（人名）

for（表示对象、用途等）给，对；为了； 关于；代表；受雇于；意思是；支持；因为；为得到；换取；就……而言；……后（更好、更快乐等）；（表示去向）往；（安排或预定）在……时；对（某人）来说（困难、必需、愉快等）；以……为价格；（表示一段时间）计；表示一系列事件之一

die(Die) （法、美、德）迭（人名）

yearn渴望，向往；思念，想念；怀念

rave(Rave) （美、德）拉夫（人名）

cry（表达强烈感情的）叫喊，叫声；（鸟或动物的）鸣叫，嗥叫，吠； 哭，一阵哭泣；迫切需要，公众舆论，呼声；呼吁，恳求；口号

thirst渴望；口渴

pine渴望；痛苦；憔悴；为……悲哀；哀悼

covet垂涎；觊觎

lessen减少；减轻；变小

drowse瞌睡；假寐

相反词

thrive繁荣，兴旺；茁壮成长

satiate饱足的；厌腻的

flourish夸张动作；出色部分；华丽辞藻；花彩字；（管弦乐）花彩号声

encourage鼓励，怂恿；激励；支持

inspire激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感

inspire激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感

encourage鼓励，怂恿；激励；支持