languish

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlanguishlan‧guish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [intransitive] 1 STAY/NOT LEAVEif someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappylanguish in Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.2 FAILif 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.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslanguish in• Tran spend five long years languishing in refugee camps.• The case has languished in the courts for years.Origin languish (1300-1400) French languir, from Latin languere

单词	languish
释义	languish From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlanguishlan‧guish /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [intransitive] 1 STAY/NOT LEAVEif someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappylanguish in Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.2 FAILif 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.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslanguish in• Tran spend five long years languishing in refugee camps.• The case has languished in the courts for years.Origin languish (1300-1400) French languir, from Latin languere
随便看	put to bed put to death put to death put to flight put to good account put to good use put to inconvenience put to music put to one side put to rest put to rights put to rout put to shame put to sleep put to the back of your mind put to the back of your mind put to the sword put to the test put to the vote put to trouble put to use put together put towards receding chin receipt