languish for

常見例句

He says that prices will fall by 6% or so in 2011 and will then languish for a while before gradually recovering.
他說，2011年房價(jià)將繼續(xù)下跌6%左右，然后會(huì)底部徘徊一段時(shí)間，然后再開始逐漸回升。
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.
否則，正如我們在其它災(zāi)害情景中看到的，社會(huì)將在許多年中失去活力，依賴它人，伴隨而來的是居高不下的疾病發(fā)生率和死亡率。
Many sickly ones have there always been among those who muse, and languish for God; violently they hate the discerning ones, and the latest of virtues, which is uprightness.
在那些無聲禱告、為神憔悴的人群中間，總混有許多病態(tài)的家伙；他們極端憎恨有洞察力的人，憎恨那些最近得道、坦誠的人。

But he has accepted that his company's stock will languish for some time.
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