languish

英 ['l??gw??] 美['l??ɡw??]

反義詞

CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?languishes;過(guò)去式:?languished;過(guò)去分詞:?languished;現(xiàn)在分詞:?languishing;

languish 長(zhǎng)期受苦，煎熬

來(lái)自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，詞源同lax,slack.引申詞義松軟無(wú)力的，消瘦的，后用來(lái)指長(zhǎng)期受苦，煎熬。

languish: languish: see relish
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," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.

2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.: 她被繼續(xù)囚禁在一所外國(guó)的監(jiān)獄里。

3. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.: 無(wú)人清楚如今有多少難民在到處流浪，或有多少人流離失所，在難民營(yíng)里受苦。

5. New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.: 新的發(fā)明總會(huì)在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里多年無(wú)人問(wèn)津.

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