languish

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• ① 变得衰弱,憔悴,失去生气
  • Conversation languished.谈话冷下来了。
  • languish in one's grief因悲伤而憔悴

• ② 苦思;渴望
  • She languished for some kind words.她渴望温柔的话。

• ③ 凋萎,枯萎
  • All the plants are languishing from lack of rain.所有的植物都因缺少雨水而在枯萎。

• ④ 过着艰难的[毫无情趣的]生活
  • He languished for years in a dungeon.他多年饱尝地牢之苦。

• ⑤ 面呈惹人爱怜的倦态;含情脉脉
  • She languished at him through screwed-up eyes.她目不转睛,含情脉脉地看着他。