languishing
英['l??gw????]
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例句
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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VERB
（被迫）受苦，受折磨
If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation.
例句
Pollard continues to languish in prison...
波拉德繼續受牢獄之苦。
No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.
無人清楚如今有多少難民在到處流浪，或有多少人流離失所，在難民營里受苦。
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VERB
中落；衰敗；衰落
If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties.
例句
Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished...
沒有了創始人的斗志與指引，公司逐漸走向沒落。
New products languish on the drawing board.
新產品在計劃階段即告失敗。