languish的经典引文是：The patient..is languishing in a semi-conscious state.出自：E. Jones。languish的意思是v.衰弱无力；失去活力；受苦；憔悴。languish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。
一、词典解释点此查看languish的详细内容
1.（被迫）受苦，受折磨
If someonelanguishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.
languish的解释
e.g. Pollard continues tolanguish in prison...
波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
e.g. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, orlanguish 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。
2.中落；衰败；衰落
If somethinglanguishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
e.g. Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
e.g. New productslanguish on the drawing board.
新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
二、网络解释
1. 衰弱：一再填充才相关(affiliate),向下五度才偏离(deviate),一再离开得减轻(alleviate)重画只能放弃(relinquish),完成才会征服(vanquish),生气才会痛苦(anguish),懒鬼才会衰弱(languish)表达清楚有艺术(articulate),
2. 憔悴：languish for 因渴望而苦恼 |languish 憔悴 |languisher 衰弱者
3.
3. 凋谢;憔悴：language 语言 |languish 凋谢;憔悴 | lantern 灯笼
4. 憔悴,凋萎,衰弱 anguish 使极为痛苦：unflappable 不慌张的,镇定的,flap 拍打 |languish 憔悴,凋萎,衰弱 anguish 使极为痛苦 | spleen 脾脏,坏脾气
三、例句
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。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
The patient..is languishing in a semi-conscious state.
出自：E. Joneslanguish的相关近义词
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