| 单词 | languid |
| 释义 | lan·guid I. 1. < arms too languid with happiness to embrace him — John Galsworthy > 2. < languid enjoyment of the daydream — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < stretched out a languid hand — Dorothy Sayers > 3. < heard … in a moment of exhausted or languid interest — A.T.Quiller-Couch > < contrast between his huge bulk and his languid, almost effeminate, demeanor — Robert Hichens > Synonyms: < she turned and walked from the room with languid deliberate steps; her air was curiously apathetic, and she moved as though she were intolerably weary — Elinor Wylie > < struck by something languid and inelastic in her attitude, and wondered if the deadly monotony of their lives had laid its weight on her also — Edith Wharton > languishing may suggest delicate indolence, often accompanying boredom or futilely wistful pensiveness < the pair had completely lost their pallid looks and languishing manners; they were as bright-eyed and agile as the hares — Elinor Wylie > languorous may suggest the debilitated languidness characteristic of soft, delicate living, effete shrinking from exertion, and indulgence in emotionalism and sentimentality or an atmosphere compatible with such languidness < reclining on the couch reading a novel in languorous ease > lackadaisical suggests an indifferent or apathetic and inattentive attitude militating against exertion and for futile, halfhearted performance < had the gift of instilling a corresponding vigor into all his lackadaisical black soldiers, who at first sight seemed to be hopelessly addicted to lolling under a bush, and inflexibly determined to do nothing — Kenneth Roberts > listless suggests combined lack of sustained interest and appearance of languor, especially as brought about by ennui, boredom, or illness < was struck by her listless attitude: she sat there as if she had nothing else to do — Edith Wharton > < struck with the listless, slovenly behavior of these men; there was nothing of the national vivacity in their movements; nothing of the quick precision perceptible on the deck of a thoroughly disciplined armed vessel — Herman Melville > spiritless applies to utter lack of fire, animation, or force < for once she did not greet him with flowery excitement but with a noncommittal “Hello”. She seemed spiritless — Sinclair Lewis > < dominated the starving, spiritless wretches under him with savage enjoyment — F.V.W.Mason > enervated implies a tiring out, exhausting, and sapping, often by luxury or sloth < the enervated and sickly habits of the literary class — R.W.Emerson > < enervated by licentiousness, ruined by prodigality and enslaved by sycophants — T.B.Macaulay > II. |
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