Boys are languishing academically, while girls are prospering.

男孩在学业上停不前，而女孩则进步神速。

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。

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

对你说实话，我想我在衰竭。”

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。

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

但是该法在伊利诺伊州众议院搁置了数月之久。

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。

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。

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。

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?

如果一架客机被在停机坪上，可能再也不能载客，那它值多少钱？

But many of those that languish in 17 special Israeli jails have no such blood on their hands.

但是，他们中许多人并未参与该流血事件却在17座以色列监狱中饱受折磨。

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。

They were left alone; the conversation was obviously languishing.

他们一个人呆着； 谈话显然很乏味。

We've also had -- there's a journalist who's been languishing in prison.

我们也有——有一名记者一直在狱中受苦。

You know, we keep ourselves busy to the point of exhaustion, but we're also languishing.

你知道，我们让自己忙到筋疲力尽，但我们也在萎靡不振。

In fact, by Monday, Loretta will have been languishing on the Senate floor for longer than the seven previous Attorneys General combined.

而到下周一，丽塔的提名在参议院等待投票确认的时间比前七位司法部长等待的时间总和还长。

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。

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。