languish的过去式

1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

   "After her husband died, she just pined away"
   

2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

   "She ached for a cigarette"
   "I am pining for my lover"
   

3. become feeble;

   "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
   

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。

• languish for因渴望而苦恼...

• The patient..is languishing in a semi-conscious state.

  出自：E. Jones