languish
v. 衰弱无力；失去活力；受苦；憔悴
副词：languishingly 名词：languisher 过去式：languished 过去分词：languished 现在分词：languishing 第三人称单数：languishes
近义词：weaken，fail，pine，flag，decline，diminish，grieve，sink，pineaway，suffer，deteriorate，fadeaway，longfor，teeter，ebb，fade，droop，devitalize，sag，yield，wither，abate，wilt，dwindle，abandoned，rot，fag，exhaust，fatigue，enfeeble，weary，debilitate，tire，enervate，sicken，repine，bewail，drop，lament，sigh，bemoan，fall，swoon，mope，mourn，stagger，despond，collapse，sulk，sleep，despair，covet，lessen，drowse，godownhill，listless，pinefor，yearnfor，downhill，hungerfor，thirstfor，yearn，go，diefor，cryfor，pantfor，grow，waste，give，yen，loseheart，heart，giveup，ache，lower，lose，up，hunger，pant，for，die，rave，cry，thirst，inspire，encourage，
英英释义
Verb
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
"After her husband died, she just pined away"
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette" "I am pining for my lover"
- become feeble;
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
例句
用作动词(v.)
- Shares now languish around $13 per share.股价现在衰弱到了每股%2413左右。
- The housing market continues to languish.房地产市场继续低迷。
- My interest in music has languished slightly.我对音乐的兴趣有点减退。
- The flower languished from lack of water.花因缺水而枯萎。
- The children soon began to languish in the heat.孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.
- In the Tower of London,prisoners used to languish in chains,cold,and darkness.过去，在伦敦塔里的囚犯受到镣铐、寒冷和阴暗的折磨。
- They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again shall they languish.他们的心灵要好象受灌溉的田园，再也不感憔悴。