languish

languish
verb
[no obj.]

(of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
（人，生物）衰弱
plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant.
植物可能只是因休眠而显得无精打采。
■fail to make progress or be successful
不能前进，受阻
Kelso languish near the bottom of the Scottish First Division.
凯尔索队在苏格兰甲级联赛榜尾徘徊。
■(archaic)pine with love or grief
(古)思恋，哀思
she still languished after Richard.
她还在苦苦思恋着理查德。
■(archaic)assume or display a sentimentally tender or melancholy expression or tone
(古)（表情，语调）显得多愁善感
when a visitor comes in, she smiles and languishes.
有客来访时，她先笑一笑，继而愁容满面。
be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation
受苦，受折磨
he has been languishing in a Mexican jail since 1974.
1974年以来他一直在墨西哥一监狱中受折磨。

派生
languisher
noun
languishingly
adverb
languishment
noun

语源

Middle English (in the sense 'become faint, feeble, or ill'): from Old French languiss-, lengthened stem of languir 'languish', from a variant of Latin languere, related to laxus 'loose, lax'

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