languish

lan·guish

L0042100 (lăng′gwĭsh)intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor: crops languishing from a lack of rain.2. To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.3. To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.4. To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.

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[Middle English languishen, from Old French languir, languiss-, from Latin languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]

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lan′guish·er n.lan′guish·ing·ly adv.lan′guish·ment n.

languish

(ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ) vb (intr) 1. to lose or diminish in strength or energy2. (often foll by for) to be listless with desire; pine3. to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect: to languish in prison. 4. to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression[C14 languishen, from Old French languiss-, stem of languir, ultimately from Latin languēre] ˈlanguishing adj ˈlanguishingly adv ˈlanguishment n

lan•guish

(ˈlæŋ gwɪʃ)
v.i. 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. 2. to lose vigor and vitality. 3. to suffer neglect, distress, or hardship: to languish in prison. 4. to pine with desire or longing. 5. to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy. n. 6. the act or state of languishing. 7. a tender, melancholy look or expression. [1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French languiss-, long s. of languir] lan′guish•er, n. lan′guish•ing, adj. lan′guish•ment, n.

languish

Past participle: languished
Gerund: languishing

Imperative
languish
languish

Present
I languish
you languish
he/she/it languishes
we languish
you languish
they languish

Preterite
I languished
you languished
he/she/it languished
we languished
you languished
they languished

Present Continuous
I am languishing
you are languishing
he/she/it is languishing
we are languishing
you are languishing
they are languishing

Present Perfect
I have languished
you have languished
he/she/it has languished
we have languished
you have languished
they have languished

Past Continuous
I was languishing
you were languishing
he/she/it was languishing
we were languishing
you were languishing
they were languishing

Past Perfect
I had languished
you had languished
he/she/it had languished
we had languished
you had languished
they had languished

Future
I will languish
you will languish
he/she/it will languish
we will languish
you will languish
they will languish

Future Perfect
I will have languished
you will have languished
he/she/it will have languished
we will have languished
you will have languished
they will have languished

Future Continuous
I will be languishing
you will be languishing
he/she/it will be languishing
we will be languishing
you will be languishing
they will be languishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been languishing
you have been languishing
he/she/it has been languishing
we have been languishing
you have been languishing
they have been languishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been languishing
you will have been languishing
he/she/it will have been languishing
we will have been languishing
you will have been languishing
they will have been languishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been languishing
you had been languishing
he/she/it had been languishing
we had been languishing
you had been languishing
they had been languishing

Conditional
I would languish
you would languish
he/she/it would languish
we would languish
you would languish
they would languish

Past Conditional
I would have languished
you would have languished
he/she/it would have languished
we would have languished
you would have languished
they would have languished

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	languish - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"pine away, wasteweaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	2.	languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"pine, yen, ache, yearndie - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
	3.	languish - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"fadedegenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

languish

verb1. decline, waste away, fade away, wither away, flag, weaken, wilt, sicken He continues to languish in prison.
decline thrive, flourish, bloom, prosper2. (Literary) waste away, suffer, rot, be abandoned, be neglected, be disregarded New products languish on the drawing board.
waste away thrive, flourish, bloom, prosper3. (often with for) pine, want, long, desire, sigh, hunger, yearn, hanker, eat your heart out over, suspire a bride languishing for a kiss that never comes

languish

verb1. To lose strength or power:decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken.Informal: fizzle (out).Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids.2. To waste away from longing or grief:pine (away), wither.

Translations

凋萎变得越来越衰弱

languish

(ˈlӕŋgwiʃ) verb to grow weak; to waste away. 逐漸衰弱 变得越来越衰弱，凋萎