1.淪
Football languished as a minor sport when baseball became Japan’s national game.
足球在棒球成為日本的國球後淪為小運動。
2.躺
Because no charges were filed, the case languished for 16 years.
因為檢察官沒有起訴，這個案子躺了十六年。
The government proposed Technology Protection Law two years ago, but it has languished ever since in a legislature controlled by the opposition.
政府兩年前提出科技保護法，但自此它就躺在在野黨掌控的立法院。
3.欲振乏力
For decades, the field of global health had languished.
幾十年來，全球衛生界一直欲振乏力。
4.沉寂
He had languished nearly a decade without a hit.
他沉寂了將近十年沒有拍出一部成功的片子。
5.衰退
I believe it is the general lackadaisical attitude toward work that is causing Europe’s economy to languish.
我認為引起歐洲經濟衰退的原因是大家普遍對工作抱持消極的態度。
France has languished in the economic doldrums for the past few years.
過去幾年法國已經在經濟低靡中衰退。
6.蕭條
Zanzibar languished until the late 1980s.
尚西巴的蕭條一直持續到八十年代晚期。
7.疲軟
In the late 1980, the yen rose and made Japan’s exports less competitive; ever since, the country’s economy has languished.
一九八零年代後期，日圓升值，讓日本外銷競爭力下降，從此，日本的經濟持續疲軟。
8.下降
Its growth rate languishes at below 2 percent.
它的成長率下降到2%以下。
Mexico’s per capita income has languished.
墨西哥的國民平均所得已經下降。
9.被關
Only 14 years ago Chen was languishing in jail for libeling a high-ranking KMT member.
阿扁因為毀謗國民黨一位高級黨工被關在牢裡也不過是十四年前的事。
10.被囚禁
The hostages languished in parliamentary offices under the guns of the rebels.
人質在叛軍的槍口下被囚禁在國會辦公室。
11.坐監
So for the next 20 months, Justice let him languish in a Saudi jail cell.
所以接下來的二十個月司法部讓他在沙烏地的一座牢房坐監。
12.受苦
Nearly one-six of the population has been languishing for nearly two decades.
將近六分之一的人口已經受苦了將近二十年。
13.低爢
The stock has been languishing for years. 幾年來股市持續低爢。
