Languish
['læŋgwɪʃ] or ['læŋɡwɪʃ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) become feeble; 'The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon'.
手打:西格蒙德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
(v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
(v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.
(n.) See Languishiment.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. [1]. Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fall, become feeble, pine away, waste away.[2]. Look tender, have the air of a lover.
錄入:朱迪思
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pine, droop, sink, faint, wither, sigh, decline
ANT:Flourish, luxuriate, bloom, prosper, thrive
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解釋/意思:
v.i. to become languid or enfeebled: to lose strength and animation: to pine: to become dull as of trade.—n. (Shak.) languishment.—adjs. Lang′uished sunken in languor; Lang′uishing expressive of languor or merely sentimental emotion.—adv. Lang′uishingly.—n. Lang′uishment the act or state of languishing: tenderness of look.
校對:索尼亚
例句/造句/用法:
- He was silent and sensitive, and ready to sigh and languish ponderously (as only fat men CAN sigh and languish) on the smallest provocation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Though they only should remain on the earth, still they shall live, nor shall their cheeks become pale nor their sweet voices languish. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Those languishing years would follow of which none but the invalid and her immediate friends feel the heart-sickness and know the burden. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In spite of their best efforts, however, the dinner was a languishing affair. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- This was a full-blown, very plump damsel, fair as waxwork, with handsome and regular features, languishing blue eyes, and ringleted yellow hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I do so like to watch them turn red and pale, and scowl and dart fiery glances at each other, and languishing ones at me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A few other topics of general interest were introduced by Mr. Brooke and wet-blanketed by Mrs. Brooke, and conversation languished. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Clym's boyish love for her might have languished, but it might easily be revived again. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- By and by the beadle comes out, once more intensifying the sensation, which has rather languished in the interval. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- For fifteen days the noble Hor Vastus has languished in the darkness of the pits, but not in vain. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- She cocked her head on one side and languished at him through screwed-up eyes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- That the industry of Scotland languished for want of money to employ it, was the opinion of the famous Mr Law. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The mind, when left to itself, immediately languishes; and in order to preserve its ardour, must be every moment supported by a new flow of passion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Every pleasure languishes when enjoyed a-part from company, and every pain becomes more cruel and intolerable. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- France, notwithstanding all its natural resources, languishes under an oppressive load of the same kind. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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