languish
美[ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] n.憔悴；惹人怜爱的感伤模样[倦态等]；脉脉含情
网络憔悴；凋萎；变得消瘦；凋谢
1 . Pollard continues to languish in prison.
波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。
来自柯林斯例句
2 . She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。
来自《权威词典》
3 . No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.
无人清楚如今有多少难民在到处流浪，或有多少人流离失所，在难民营里受苦。
来自柯林斯例句
4 . New products languish on the drawing board.
新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
来自辞典例句
5 . New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.
新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.
来自辞典例句
1.lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
After her husband died, she just pined away
2.have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
She ached for a cigarette
3.become feeble;
The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon