English Dictionary

languish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

動詞

自動詞 廃用 他動詞 古語

(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

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

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。

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.

languishes （ present singular third-person ）

languishing （ participle present ）

languished （ participle past ）

languished （ past ）