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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   languish

   • IPA[ˈlaNGɡwiSH]

   美式

   • v.
     (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble；fail to make progress or be successful

   • verb: languish, 3rd person present: languishes, gerund or present participle: languishing, past tense: languished, past participle: languished

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant 同義詞 weaken, grow weak, deteriorate, decline, go into a decline, ... 更多wither, droop, flag, wilt, fade, fail, waste away, informalgo downhill反義詞 thrive, flourish
   • ▪ fail to make progress or be successful foreign stocks are still languishing
   • ▪ archaic pine with love or grief she still languished after Richard 同義詞 pine for, yearn for, ache for, long for, sigh for, ... 更多desire, want, hanker after, carry a torch for, grieve for, mourn, miss, literaryrepine
   • ▪ archaic assume or display a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes
   • 2. suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation he has been languishing in jail since 1974 同義詞 waste away, rot, decay, wither away, molder, ... 更多be abandoned, be neglected, be forgotten, suffer, be disregarded, experience hardship