languish

pronunciation

UK [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] word uk audio image

US [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] word us audio image

vi.

憔悴，潦倒
（草木等）凋萎
失去活力
烦恼，焦思
n.

憔悴
惹人怜爱的感伤模样[倦态等]
脉脉含情

Word Origin

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。

Synonym

v.

ebb abandoned abate dwindle diminish rot

v.

wither listless weaken downhill devitalize go droop sag fade exhaust yield fatigue fag ebb flag sicken decline wilt weary fail tire debilitate enfeeble enervate grow

v.

give sigh heart bewail repine mope sulk pine bemoan lament grieve despond despair lose up mourn

v.

drop sink fall collapse swoon sleep stagger

v.

hunger pant for die yearn rave cry thirst pine covet

Antonym

vi.

thrive satiate flourish encourage inspire

Example

1. Why do you always let me languish .: 为什么你总让我憔悴。

2. But there 's something more fundamentally wrong in our political and economic system that permits them to do so while the vast majority of people languish in poverty , or are barely keeping their heads above water after paying their taxes , their student debts , their rent and basic necessities .: 但在我们的政治和经济体制中出了更根本的毛病，它允许人们在大多数人都因贫困而憔悴，或在付清税款、学生债务、房租和日常必需品之后勉强维持生计之时仍然追求财富。

3. Legislation that continued to languish in committee .: 在这个委员会里继续被搁置的立法。

4. The children soon began to languish in the heat .: 孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了。

5. The film continued to languish unseen .: 影片继续受无人知晓的折磨。

more: >如何使用 "languish" 造句