小词详解 | languish

languish 英 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] 美 [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ]

• After languishing under eBay’s control, in 2015 it broke away and re-listed.
  经历在eBay的控制下萎靡不振之后，它在2015年剥离出来并重新上市。
  ——《经济学人》
• A film project based on Liu’s best-known work, the trilogy that began with “The Three-Body Problem,” was optioned and even filmed in 2015 but has since languished in postproduction, reportedly because of technical challenges and costs.
  将刘慈欣最著名的三部曲《三体》改编为电影的计划于2015年被选中，甚至进行了拍摄，但是据报道，由于技术上的挑战和成本问题，后期制作一直处于停滞状态。
  ——《纽约时报》

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
人生的主要目的是诚实地生活、思想和行动；如果对肉体过多地注意，灵魂便失去活力了。

• rot: gradually deteriorate through lack of attention or opportunity
• sag: decline to a lower level, usually temporarily
• molder: slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect