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(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.

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languish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

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(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.

日本語の意味

弱る、衰える / 病気などによって力を失う / 恋い焦がれて憂鬱な状態に陥る

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After weeks without treatment, the plants began to languish in the neglected greenhouse.

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数週間手入れされなかったため、放置された温室の植物は次第に弱っていった。

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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.

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意味（2）

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

He languished without his girlfriend

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意味（3）

(intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions.

He languished in prison for years

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意味（4）

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

The case languished for years before coming to trial.

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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.

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languishes

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languishing

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languished

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languished

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