Languish



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 衰弱; 变得消瘦
• ［英］ v. 衰弱 ( to lose vigor or vitality) ;
• ［类］ 反义词: thrive ( 茁壮成长)
• ［例］ She languished for his love and gave him languishing looks.

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French languiss-, stem of languir, from Vulgar Latin *languire, from Latin languēre
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
  • b. to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality
• 2.
  • a. to become dispirited
  • b. to suffer neglect <the bill languished in the Senate for eight months>
• 3. to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy
• ? languisher noun
• ? languishingly adverb
• ? languishment noun

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