слабеть; чахнуть; вянуть, ослабеватьпрям. и перен.
томиться; изнывать; тосковать
уст.напускать томный вид
Psychology (En-Ru)
languish
вянуть, чахнуть, терять силы
томиться; тосковать
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"You see," said she, "you are a foreigner. I sometimes make my Parisian lovers languish for fifteen days, but I give myself to you the first night because one must do the honours of one's country to a young man from Westphalia."
Дело в том, — сказала дама, — что вы иностранец; своих парижских любовников я иногда заставляю томиться по две недели, но вам отдаюсь с первого вечера, потому что надо же быть гостеприимной с молодым человеком из Вестфалии.
So while Margo languished in bed for three weeks, with Androuchelli po-po-ing over her every two or three days, the rest of us settled into the villa.
Пока Марго в течение трех недель валялась в постели и доктор каждые два или три дня произносил над нею свои «ай‑ай‑ай», остальные устраивались на новом месте.
Durrell, Gerald / My family and other animalsДаррелл, Джеральд / Моя семья и другие звери
In vain the mermaid's hysterical mother waited upon Harry, and vowed that a cruel bailiff had seized all her daughter's goods for debt, and that her venerable father was at present languishing in a London gaol.
Тщетно матушка морской девы, вся в слезах явившись к Гарри, клялась, что жестокий судебный пристав наложил арест на имущество ее дочери за долги, а ее почтенный батюшка томится в лондонской тюрьме.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The VirginiansТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Виргинцы. Том 1
The deep moat, bordered by earthen embankments, now languished in emerald expanses of algae-covered pools and swaths of grass and weeds.
Но сейчас от глубокого рва, ограниченного земляными насыпями, осталась только заросшая буйной, сочной травой канава, в которой кое-где блестели ленивые лужицы, затянутые изумрудной ряской.
Rollins, James / Judas StrainРоллинс, Джеймс / Печать Иуды
The students languished in these brutal camps for eight months enduring beatings, poor conditions and lack of medical and humanitarian attention.
Студенты томились в этих страшных лагерях в течение восьми месяцев, подвергаясь побоям, живя в ужасных условиях и испытывая отсутствие врачебного ухода и человеческого отношения.
You’d better hope it’s not languishing on one of those ironclads, drifting all sunbaked and pocked, stinking by now with its dead crew, where maybe it could be found one day.
Лучше не думать о том, что оно осталось на одном из броненосцев и теперь находится там, в бескрайнем океане, под солнцем, среди гниющих трупов команды. Но в один прекрасный день его могут найти ».
Astounding, really astounding were her eyes, dark gray with greenish lights, languishing, almond-shaped as an Egyptian goddess's, with shining lashes and bold sweep of eyebrow.
Поразительны, истинно поразительны были ее глаза, исчерна серые, с зеленоватыми отливами, с поволокой, длинные, как у египетских божеств, с лучистыми ресницами и смелым взмахом бровей.
Some sunny nooks gleamed like green silken stuff embroidered with bright patterns; other shadier corners offered the seclusion of alcoves and an aroma of love, the balmy warmth, as it were, of a posy languishing on a woman's bosom.
Тут были солнечные уголки, сверкавшие, как зеленая, затканная золотом шелковая материя; были и тенистые уголки, в которых царила сосредоточенная тишина алькова, издававшие нежный аромат любви, аромат увядшего на женской груди букета.
Mr. Talha (Bangladesh) noted that, more than halfway into the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, 1.2 billion people throughout the world were still languishing in extreme poverty.
Г-н Тальха (Бангладеш) отмечает, что прошло уже более половины первого Десятилетия Организации Объединенных Наций по борьбе за ликвидацию нищеты, однако около 1,2 миллиарда людей в мире по-прежнему влачат свое существование в крайней нищете.
To one who had been tossing on a restless bed so long, even these few green leaves and this tranquil light, although it languished among chimneys and house-tops, were pleasant things.
Ему, протомившемуся столько дней в постели, приятно было видеть и эти зеленые листья и этот спокойный свет — правда, льющийся из-за крыш и дымовых труб.
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopДиккенс, Чарльз / Лавка древностей
He did not live, but languished through life. — Он не жил всю жизнь, а чахнул.
The appetite languishes. — Аппетит проходит.
The brightness of lamps languishes in the light. — Лампы кажутся не такими яркими при свете дня.
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Словосочетания
languish in poverty
влачить жалкое существование
make languish
мариновать
make languish
проморить
languishing look
томный взгляд
Формы слова
languish
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
languish
languishes
Possessive case
languish's
languishes'
languish
verb
Basic forms
Past
languished
Imperative
languish
Present Participle (Participle I)
languishing
Past Participle (Participle II)
languished
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I languish
we languish
you languish
you languish
he/she/it languishes
they languish
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am languishing
we are languishing
you are languishing
you are languishing
he/she/it is languishing
they are languishing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have languished
we have languished
you have languished
you have languished
he/she/it has languished
they have languished
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been languishing
we have been languishing
you have been languishing
you have been languishing
he/she/it has been languishing
they have been languishing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I languished
we languished
you languished
you languished
he/she/it languished
they languished
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was languishing
we were languishing
you were languishing
you were languishing
he/she/it was languishing
they were languishing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had languished
we had languished
you had languished
you had languished
he/she/it had languished
they had languished
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been languishing
we had been languishing
you had been languishing
you had been languishing
he/she/it had been languishing
they had been languishing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will languish
we shall/will languish
you will languish
you will languish
he/she/it will languish
they will languish
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be languishing
we shall/will be languishing
you will be languishing
you will be languishing
he/she/it will be languishing
they will be languishing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have languished
we shall/will have languished
you will have languished
you will have languished
he/she/it will have languished
they will have languished
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been languishing
we shall/will have been languishing
you will have been languishing
you will have been languishing
he/she/it will have been languishing
they will have been languishing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would languish
we should/would languish
you would languish
you would languish
he/she/it would languish
they would languish
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be languishing
we should/would be languishing
you would be languishing
you would be languishing
he/she/it would be languishing
they would be languishing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have languished
we should/would have languished
you would have languished
you would have languished
he/she/it would have languished
they would have languished
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice