languish

languish
intransitive verb
1) (lose vitality) ermatten (geh.)
2) (live wretchedly)

languish under something — unter etwas (Dat.) schmachten (geh.)

languish in prison — im Gefängnis schmachten (geh.)

3) (pine)

languish for something — nach etwas schmachten (geh.)

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['læŋɡwiʃ]
verb
(to grow weak; to waste away.) ermatten
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lan·guish
[ˈlæŋgwɪʃ]
vi
1. (remain) schmachten geh
the ruling party is \languishing in third place in the opinion polls die Regierungspartei liegt bei den Meinungsumfragen [weit] abgeschlagen auf dem dritten Platz
to \languish in jail im Gefängnis schmoren fam
to \languish in obscurity in der Bedeutungslosigkeit dahindümpeln fam
to \languish in poverty in Armut darben geh
2. (grow weak) verkümmern
the project \languished and was soon abandoned das Projekt wurde vernachlässigt und schlief bald ein
3. (liter: long)
to \languish for sth sich akk nach etw dat sehnen
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['lŋgwɪʃ]
vi
schmachten; (flowers) dahinwelken; (= pine) sich sehnen (for nach)

he languished in prison for months the panda merely languished in its new home — er schmachtete monatelang im Gefängnis der Panda wurde in seiner neuen Heimat immer apathischer or stumpfer

the child languished during his mother's absence — das Kind verzehrte sich nach seiner Mutter (geh)

the products languish on the shelves —

I languish without you, he wrote — ich verzehre mich vor Sehnsucht nach dir, schrieb er

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languish [ˈlæŋɡwıʃ] v/i
1. ermatten, erschlaffen
2. erlahmen (Interesse, Konversation etc)
3. (ver)schmachten, dahinsiechen:
languish in a dungeon in einem Kerker schmachten
4. daniederliegen (Handel, Industrie etc)
5. schmachtend oder sehnsüchtig blicken
6. sich sehnen, schmachten (beide:
for nach)
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intransitive verb
1) (lose vitality) ermatten (geh.)
2) (live wretchedly)

languish under something — unter etwas (Dat.) schmachten (geh.)

languish in prison — im Gefängnis schmachten (geh.)

3) (pine)

languish for something — nach etwas schmachten (geh.)

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v.
ermatten v.
schmachten v.

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