| 1. | Over the years, sales had languished .
多年来，销售情况已一蹶不振。 |
| 2. | After his death optics again languished .
他死后，光学又衰落了。 |
| 3. | The leaves languished in the drought .
天旱使树叶枯萎。 |
| 4. | My interest in the subject has greatly languished .
我对这一问题的兴趣大大减退了。 |
| 5. | New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years .
新的发明都将在实验室里孕育多年。 |
| 6. | He is languishing for home .
他苦思家乡。 |
| 7. | I am bound to admit that conversations and amusement languished during the day .
我不得不承认，当天的谈话和消遣都索然无味。 |
| 8. | The girl thereupon fell into such deep reflection that conversation languished .
随即这个少女便陷入了沉思，于是谈话冷下去了。 |
| 9. | Research and development in insect biology and insect resistant plants languished during this period .
这一时期昆虫生物学和抗虫植物的研究和发展很不景气。 |
