languish
v[I]
(fml 文)
1 lack or lose vitality 缺乏活力; 失去活力
Since the war the industry has gradually languished. 開戰(zhàn)以來, 這一工業(yè)的生產(chǎn)每況愈下.
The children soon began to languish in the heat. 孩子們很快就熱得懶洋洋的了.
2 ~ (for sb/sth) be or become weak and miserable because of unfulfilled longings; pine2(1) (因求之不得)變得衰弱而難過
languish for love, company, sympathy 渴望得到愛、 相伴、 同情而憔悴.
3 ~ (in/under sth) live wretchedly 受苦; 受煎熬
He languished in poverty for years. 他多年掙扎在貧困之中.
languishing under foreign domination 在外國統(tǒng)治下受煎熬.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['l??gwi?]vi. 憔悴, 凋萎, 苦思
?? 同為「博士」詞匯
blissn. 極樂;天賜的福;幸福無比;狂喜;
vt. 使欣喜若狂,使狂喜;
vi. 欣喜若狂,狂喜;
balmn. 香油,香脂;芳香,香味;鎮(zhèn)痛軟膏;[植]白殼楊;
v. 安撫,安慰;止痛;在…上搽香油;
It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner with would make a modern climber shudder at the thought,