首页英语词典languishlanguish的意思

languish怎么读？

languish

英 ['læŋgwɪʃ] 美['læŋɡwɪʃ]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词ebb abandoned abate dwindle diminish rot

反义词

vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思

CET6+TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇

词态变化

第三人称单数: languishes;过去式: languished;过去分词: languished;现在分词: languishing;

中文词源

languish 长期受苦，煎熬

来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax,slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Pollard continues to languish in prison.: 波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.: 她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

3. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.: 无人清楚如今有多少难民在到处流浪，或有多少人流离失所，在难民营里受苦。

4. New products languish on the drawing board.: 新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

5. New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.: 新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.