| 词汇 | languished |
| 释义 | languished past simple and past participle oflanguish languish verb[ I ] uk /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ us /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: 受苦，经历苦难，受煎熬 After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.她的早期小说在沉寂多年后最近被重新发掘出来。 He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.过去的20年中他一直在监狱里苦熬。 The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls.执政党在民意调查中处于第三的尴尬位置。 Compare pineverb Existing and being account for something alive be be a thingidiom been estate existent existential existentially extant force found living self-existence self-existent speckle spring up stand they're thing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Lasting for a long time Examples of languishedlanguished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This 'hard core' kept their mouths closed, and languished for years in detention. The urban areas languished, however, with rising prices and limited employment opportunities stirring discontent. Despite these significant contributions, he has languished in obscurity. There is no doubt that in the absence of media support, the student frame would have languished indefinitely in relative obscurity. They languished in prison, a few escaped, some died, but none were required to face the court. The bill languished in the chamber until 1924, when it passed. The aggregate of his advisors' views lent little enthusiasm to the administration's proposals, and in the absence of presidential involvement the issue languished. Tens of thousands of arrested people have languished in the cells for years on end. Because of the relative cheapness and visibility of lighting, otherwise backward cities and towns could use it to project an image of modernity while the rest of their infrastructure languished. By the 1950s few developmental psychologists doubted that infants languished in deprived institutional settings, but a strong controversy existed regarding the immutability of these early delays. Such complex and overlapping processes make it clear why the study of regolith has languished as a field of geological study until application of the modern armamentum of analytical techniques. The teaching of medical professionalism in general, and its social dimension in particular, has languished, despite the development of a strong ethical commitment to patient rights and shared decisionmaking. I speak as one who had to study by the light of a paraffin lamp while the animals languished in the modern amenity of electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He referred to the fact that our internal trade had got better, but that our foreign trade still languished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In another age, in another time, she would have languished all her life in hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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