languish是什么意思，languish怎么读

languish基本信息

languish基本信息

读法：英 ["læŋgwɪʃ] 美 ["læŋɡwɪʃ]

释义：

vi. 憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思

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英英释义

Verb:

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;"After her husband died, she just pined away"

have a desire for something or someone who is not present;"She ached for a cigarette"
"I am pining for my lover"

become feeble;"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

中英词源

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。

languish: languish: see relish
languish (v.): early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss-, present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished; languishing.

词态变化

第三人称单数 languishes;
过去式 languished;
过去分词 languished;
现在分词 languishing;

权威造句

1. Pollard continues to languish in prison.: 波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。

2. She continues to languish in a foreign prison.: 她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。

3. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish 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。

4. New products languish on the drawing board.: 新产品在计划阶段即告失败。

5. New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.: 新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.

近反义词

languish for 因渴望而苦恼...

相似短语

languish for v. 因渴望而苦恼

单词分析

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记忆方法

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