单词	languish
释义	languishlan‧guish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINlanguish Origin: 1300-1400 French languir, from Latin languere Verb Table VERB TABLE languish Simple Form Present I, you, we, they languish he, she, it languishes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they languished Present perfect I, you, we, they have languished he, she, it has languished Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had languished Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will languish Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have languished Continuous Form Present I am languishing he, she, it is languishing you, we, they are languishing Past I, he, she, it was languishing you, we, they were languishing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been languishing he, she, it has been languishing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been languishing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be languishing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been languishing Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► languish in obscurity (=to fail to become well-known or successful)· Until recently her talent has languished in obscurity. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► years · A law to encourage the industry to take back and reuse its rubble has languished for three years in the environment ministry.· And so the story languished for many years. 1if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappylanguish in Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.2if 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.
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