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languish 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈlaNGgwiSH/,
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languished, past tense; languished, past participle; languishing, present participle; languishes, 3rd person singular present;
  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
  2. Fail to make progress or be successful
    • - foreign stocks are still languishing
  3. Pine with love or grief
    • - she still languished after Richard
  4. Assume or display a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone
    • - when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes
  5. Suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation
    • - he has been languishing in jail since 1974
  1. pine away: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
  2. ache: 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"
  4. To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]; To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]; To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c. ...
  5. (languishing) lacking of vigor or spirit
  6. (languishing) From the Latin verb languere, meaning to wilt, be tired, lack vigor. Don't let your social studies lesson plan languish in the classroom.
  7. (v) - lose animation; lose strength