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    languish

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lan·guish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [intransitive]  1  STAY/NOT LEAVEif someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy 被迫滞留；受煎熬languish in Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years. 肖身陷囹圄十五载。2  FAILif something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful 变得衰弱；未能取得进展 → founder OPP flourish The housing market continues to languish. 住宅市场继续疲软。 The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday’s fall. 股价经历了昨天的下跌后，就停滞在46便士上了。 West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league. 西汉姆联队目前在联赛中一直排名垫底。→ See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    languish in• Tran spend five long years languishing in refugee camps.• The case has languished in the courts for years.    Origin languish (1300-1400) French languir, from Latin languere
    lan·guish verbChineseSyllable
    to a forced are they in remain someone if somewhere, languishes Corpus


    languish
    lan‧guish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [intransitive]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: French
     Origin: languir, from Latin languere
    1. if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy
        languish in
        Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.
    2. if something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful ⇨ founder
       OPP  flourish:
        The housing market continues to languish.
        The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday’s fall.
        West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league.


    lan·guishBrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they languish BrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it languishes BrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪz/ 🔊past simple languished BrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ 🔊past participle languished BrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃt/ 🔊 -ing form languishing BrE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) [intransitive] ~ (in sth) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer sth unpleasant for a long time 被迫滞留；长期受苦；受煎熬◆She continues to languish in a foreign prison. 她继续被囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。🔊🔊 [intransitive] to become weaker or fail to make progress 变得衰弱；未能取得进展◆The share price languished at 102p. 股票价格停滞在 102 便士上。🔊🔊