languish
词根词缀：
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
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.
小拍卖行不再在默默无闻中衰败。
Similar hopes were voiced after lawmakers approved a free-trade deal with Peru this past fall, but the three pending deals still languish.
今年秋季美国与秘鲁达成的自由贸易协定让人看到了希望的曙光，但眼下政府对上述三份协议依然是一筹莫展。
Many other journalists languish in jail simply for doing their jobs.
还有许多记者仅仅是因为做了自己本该做的工作而身陷囹圄。
Some are bound to languish, but others may be passed& though there would then be further hurdles to jump, not least the president's power of veto ( George Bush has other conflicts on his mind).
其中一些肯定会夭折，但另一些则有可能通过&虽然还有更多的障碍需要通过，不仅是总统的否决权（乔治布什还在做其它的思想斗争）。
Otherwise, as we have seen with other disasters, communities can languish for many years in a state of dependence, with high levels of disease and mortality.
否则，正如我们在其它灾害情景中看到的，社会将在许多年中失去活力，依赖它人，伴随而来的是居高不下的疾病发生率和死亡率。
If you encounter roadblocks, marshal your resources to get around them rather than letting a project languish.
如果你遇到了障碍，不是让项目失败，而是动员起所有的资源。