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languish

动词 C2

中文: 憔悴

  1. To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. (intransitive)
  2. To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. (intransitive) · He languished without his girlfriend.
  3. To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. (intransitive) · He languished in prison for years.
  4. To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. (intransitive) · The case languished for years before coming to trial.

He/she/it languishes · 过去式 languished · 过去分词 languished · -ing形式 languishing

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Her appetite failed and her interest in Avonlea doings languished.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第272页 · C1
What matters really, not only to me, but to officers of justice and the king, is that an innocent man should languish in prison, the victim of an infamous denunciation, to die here cursing his executioners.”
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第131页 · C1
Without the vital economic lifeblood of passing tourists, previously vibrant main streets languished and ultimately succumbed to a quiet commercial obsolescence.
《The Asphalt Arteries: How the Interstates Reshaped America》,第1页 · C2

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