languish

verbB1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

languishes

V_ing/Gerund

languishing

V_ed/pp

languished

1.
(intransitive)To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
2.
(intransitive)To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.
He languished without his girlfriend.
3.
(intransitive)To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.
He languished in prison for years.
Đồng nghĩa: rot
4.
(intransitive)To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.
The case languished for years before coming to trial.
5.
(obsolete, transitive)To make weak; to weaken, devastate.
6.
(archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

rot

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English languysshen, from the present participle stem of - and Middle French languir, from languīre, alteration of Latin languēre (to be faint, unwell).: Compare languor, languid and lax.: Cognate with slack.