languish

英['læŋɡwɪʃ]美['læŋɡwɪʃ]
  • v. 衰弱无力；失去活力；受苦；憔悴

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自PIE*sleg，松的，松散的，词源同lax，slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。
      verb(动词)
      1. 受苦，经历苦难，受煎熬

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 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。

    小知识

    To languish is to become pitiful or weak because you're sick, in love, or stuck somewhere. A prisoner might languish in jail, longing for her freedom.

    Languish, like languid, is from the Latin word languere which means “to be weak or faint.” Your houseplants might languish in a dark dry corner. A Romantic poet might languish on a velvet couch with the back of her hand to her forehead. People in operas love to languish: The main character in La Traviata, Violetta, languishes from longing and eventually tuberculosis.

    实用短语

    1. languish for

      因渴望而苦恼,翻译

    2. languish h

      变得消瘦,变得衰弱无力,衰弱,失去活力

    3. languish of the sea

      海之衰弱

    4. things languish

      有些事情无疾而终

    5. languish v

      憔悴

    6. languish for home

      因思家而憔悴

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 langu= faint 虚弱, 疲倦 languid adj. 倦怠的 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + id …的 → 倦怠的 languish v. 倦怠 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + ish 使… → 倦怠 languor n. 衰弱 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + or 表状态 → 衰弱

    词根词缀

    词根: langu

    =faint,表示”虚弱”

    • adj.

      languid 没精打采的,怠倦的

      langu虚弱+id表形容词,如:morbid病态的→adj.没精打采的,怠倦的

    • n.

      languor 身心疲惫

      langu虚弱+or表名词→n.身心疲惫

    • v.

      languish 衰弱,变得消瘦

      langu虚弱+ish表动词→v.衰弱,变得消瘦

    同义词

    v.凋萎,衰败

    ebb  /  abandoned  /  abate  /  dwindle  /  diminish  /  rot

    v.变得衰弱无力,失去活力

    wither  /  listless  /  weaken  /  downhill  /  devitalize  /  go  /  droop  /  sag  /  fade  /  exhaust  /  yield  /  fatigue  /  fag  /  ebb  /  flag  /  sicken  /  decline  /  wilt  /  weary  /  fail  /  tire  /  debilitate  /  enfeeble  /  enervate  /  grow

    v.悲痛,伤心,绝望,忧郁,作出令人爱怜的倦态

    give  /  sigh  /  heart  /  bewail  /  repine  /  mope  /  sulk  /  pine  /  bemoan  /  lament  /  grieve  /  despond  /  despair  /  lose  /  up  /  mourn

    v.晕厥,昏倒,困倦

    drop  /  sink  /  fall  /  collapse  /  swoon  /  sleep  /  stagger

    v.渴望,焦思

    hunger  /  pant  /  for  /  die  /  yearn  /  rave  /  cry  /  thirst  /  pine  /  covet

    其他释义

    lessen  /  drowse

    反义词

    vi.衰弱;受折磨;渴望

    thrive  /  satiate  /  flourish  /  encourage  /  inspire

    其他释义

    inspire  /  encourage

    同根词

    词根：languish

    adj.

    languishing渴望的；含情脉脉的；渐渐衰弱的