languish['læŋɡwiʃ]

• vi.
  • 失去活力；变得衰弱无力；枯萎，凋谢：

    The leaves languished from lack of water.

    树叶因缺水而枯萎。

  • 受折磨；受苦；呻吟：

    to languish for years in poverty

    常年为贫穷所困

  • 松懈，松弛，懈怠：

    Our vigilance never languished.

    我们的警惕性从来没有放松过。

  • 焦虑，苦思；渴望：

    The mother languished for the sight of her daughter.

    母亲苦苦地渴望见到女儿。

  • 显得亲切伤感的样子，做出含情脉脉的伤感之态：

    The girl languished at him with her staring eyes.

    女孩目不转睛呆呆地望着他。