languish
languish 英 [ˈlæŋgwɪʃ] 美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ]
vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
进行时:languishing 过去式:languished 过去分词:languished 第三人称单数:languishes 名词复数:languishes
- 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.
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- vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思
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1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- languish (v.) early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (from PIE root *sleg- "be slack, be languid"). Weaker sense of "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.
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