English Dictionary

languish

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

verb

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. / (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.

She began to languish after being bedridden for weeks.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.

We […] do languish of such diseases.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness.

He languished without his girlfriend

意味（3）

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.

He languished in prison for years

意味（4）

(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful.

The case languished for years before coming to trial.

意味（5）

(transitive, obsolete) To make weak; to weaken, devastate.

意味（6）

(intransitive, now rare) To affect a languid air, especially disingenuously.

He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly: it will be an exactly so, as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal.