languish
/ˈlæŋgwɪʃ; `læŋɡwɪʃ/ v[I]
(fml 文)
1 lack or lose vitality 缺乏活力; 失去活力
Since the war the industry has gradually languished. 开战以来, 这一工业的生产每况愈下.
The children soon began to languish in the heat. 孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了.
2 ~ (for sb/sth) be or become weak and miserable because of unfulfilled longings; pine2(1) （因求之不得）变得衰弱而难过
languish for love, company, sympathy 渴望得到爱、 相伴、 同情而憔悴.
3 ~ (in/under sth) live wretchedly 受苦; 受煎熬
He languished in poverty for years. 他多年挣扎在贫困之中.
languishing under foreign domination 在外国统治下受煎熬.