languish
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/ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/
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/ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ/
to suffer in a place or situation for a long time
Without her family around, she began to languish in the big, lonely house.
没有家人在身边,她开始在这所又大又孤独的房子里感到孤独。
to gradually become weaker or less successful
The flowers began to languish from lack of water.
由于缺水,这些花开始凋谢。