Boys are languishing academically, while girls are prospering.

男孩在学业上停滞不前，而女孩则进步神速。

But the bill languished in Illinois's house for months.

但是该法案在伊利诺伊州众议院搁置了数月之久。

Calls to the state party hotline sometimes languished on hold for five hours.

打给州党委客服的电话有时会被搁置足足五个小时。

The land beneath Sheger Park, for instance, had languished for years.

例如，谢格公园下面的土地已经荒废多年。

Within weeks, our national congress approved the disarmament bill that had been languishing for years.

几周内，国家议会通过了那个折腾了好多年的缴械法案。

I think I'm languishing, to tell you the truth.

对你说实话，我想我在衰竭。”

Many Languish in camps with no idea when or if they can return home.

许多人在难民营里苦苦挣扎，不知道何时或是否能回家。

So the United States is languishing on the sidelines of two major trade deals.

因此，美国现在在两个主要的贸易协定之外苦苦挣扎。

Scores languish in Palestinian jails; some have been tortured.

很多人在巴勒斯坦监狱饱受折磨，甚至有人被施以酷刑。

And, as a result, more and more mentally ill patients end up languishing behind bars.

结果，越来越多的精神病患者最终被关在监狱里。

How much is an airliner worth if it is languishing on the tarmac, and may never fly passengers again?

如果一架客机被迫滞留在停机坪上，可能再也不能载客，那它值多少钱？

A few other topics of general interest were introduced by Mr. Brooke and wet–blanketed by Mrs. Brooke, and conversation languished.

布鲁克先生谈到了其他一些大家感兴趣的话题，被布鲁克太太一一扫兴地打断，谈话就这样冷下去了。

We should not be having languishing on Nauru even now, let alone for years and years to come.

此刻就不应该让他们在瑙鲁煎熬度日，更别提以后了。

We shouldn’t be having them languishing and naru even now laid lorn for years to years to come.

我们不该让他们如此苦苦挣扎，孤苦无依。

Sheridan had sold it to HBO some years before, only to see it languish, as so many projects do.

谢里丹几年前把这部电视剧卖给了HBO电视网，结果却像许多项目一样，眼看着要日渐衰落。

I recognize clearly today that Bimala has been languishing because of a famine of companionship.

我今天清楚地认识到， 由于缺乏陪伴， 比马拉一直在萎靡不振。

They were left alone; the conversation was obviously languishing.

他们一个人呆着； 谈话显然很乏味。

Henry languished in jail, from which he wrote Sissie.

亨利在监狱里饱受煎熬， 他从监狱里写下了西西。

Her appetite failed and her interest in Avonlea doings languished.

她食欲不振，对 Avonlea 所做的事也失去了兴趣。

Tutu was for years the emblem of the struggle to end white minority rule as Nelson Mandela and other leaders languished in prison.

多年来，图图一直是终结白人少数统治斗争的象征，与此同时，纳尔逊·曼德拉和其他领导人在监狱里饱受煎熬。