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词根词缀 词根 langu= faint 虚弱, 疲倦 languid adj. 倦怠的 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + id …的 → 倦怠的 languish v. 倦怠 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + ish 使… → 倦怠 languor n. 衰弱 langu 虚弱，疲倦 + or 表状态 → 衰弱

中文词源： languish 长期受苦，煎熬 来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax,slack.引申词义松软无力的，消瘦的，后用来指长期受苦，煎熬。 languish
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Why do you always let me languish .

为什么你总让我憔悴。

But there 's something more fundamentally wrong in our political and economic system that permits them to do so while the vast majority of people languish in poverty , or are barely keeping their heads above water after paying their taxes , their student debts , their rent and basic necessities .

但在我们的政治和经济体制中出了更根本的毛病，它允许人们在大多数人都因贫困而憔悴，或在付清税款、学生债务、房租和日常必需品之后勉强维持生计之时仍然追求财富。

Legislation that continued to languish in committee .

在这个委员会里继续被搁置的立法。

The children soon began to languish in the heat .

孩子们很快就热得懒洋洋的了。

The film continued to languish unseen .

影片继续受无人知晓的折磨。