languished
v.
长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 );
受折磨;
变得（越来越）衰弱;
因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐;
例句:
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Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished.
没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
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Our project languished during the holidays.
我们的计划在假期间推动得松懈了.
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He languished after his dog died.
他狗死之后,人憔悴了.
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The peace treaty languished in the Republican controlled Senate.
来自SA
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Stocks of those that used profits to pay dividends languished.
来自WSJ
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The case languished and lay largely abandoned after a few years.
来自VOA