We don't spend much time on this topic today because we have been languishing on outdated ideas for too long.

我们今天不会在这个主题上花很多时间，因为我们已经在过时的观点上踌躇太久。

With his popularity languishing near an all-time low, he may gain nothing from sticking firmly to his plans despite the howl of protests.

在他的支持率持续走低的时候，他如果不顾抗议者的怒吼坚持自己的计划，也许什么好处也捞不到。

He is languishing for home.

他苦思家乡。

The soldier is lying on the bed, languishing of wounds.

士兵躺在床上，伤痛难熬。

Important trade deals have been languishing for months.

重要的生意往来几个月来一直在凋零。

This is not to say that all of our young are languishing.

这并不是说我们所有年轻人都很是差劲。

In June, 3,500 fuel tanks were languishing on the Uzbek side of the river.

在六月份，3500罐燃料困在河右边的乌兹别克斯坦。

After languishing unused, the oral drug now costs more than the injected one.

越来越不习惯过后，口服药剂现在的花费已经高于注射。

Languishing down at number six was the way in which music teaches us about the world.

第六条指出了音乐教给我们如何看待世界。

A bill languishing in Congress, the Fair Elections Now Act, would offer public matching funds.

国会中一部逐渐式微的法案- - -现时公平选举法案，将提供公共选举资金。

For South Koreans languishing in prison it is an especially joyful day, since many of them are freed.

于狱中渴望自由的南韩囚犯们而言，这是一个尤其令人高兴的日子，因为其中有许多人会被释放。

The Lib Dems have no incentive to provoke a general election while they are languishing in the polls.

自民党在民调中日益低落，他们没有动力发动一次大选。

Overseas Indians and Chinese thrived abroad in the 1950s and 60s even though their Cousins were languishing back home.

20世纪50、60年代，印度人和华人在海外繁荣，即使他们的表亲黯然回乡。

Despite growing interest in their troubles, that seems a distant prospect for those languishing on the edge of the working world.

尽管对失业问题的关注逐渐增加，但对那些在劳动力市场饱受煎熬的失业者来说，似乎重返就业的希望还很遥远。

Today he still owns seven of them, and aside from one that's languishing unrented, the other six are still making money, he says.

他说，现在，他仍然拥有其中的7座，除了其中一座未能出租，其余6座仍在赚钱。

Sensible policies and a benign global economy helped it catch up with European neighbours that for decades had left it languishing.

明智的政策和有利的全球经济环境帮助它追赶上几十年来一直远远将它甩在背后的欧洲邻国。

It is unclear whether any of the assets languishing in Citi Holdings could be transferred back into the group's core Citicorp business.

目前尚不清楚，花旗控股的不良资产能否转移到花旗公司的核心业务之中。

Hiscock helped to draft legislation, now languishing in Congressional committee, that is crucial to lowering fishing's unacceptable death toll.

西斯柯克曾经帮助起草的法案现在正躺在国会委员会中睡大觉，本来该法案将会有效降低商业捕捞的死亡率。

With AD sales still languishing, Mr. Murdoch declared last month that "there are some hints of a modest upswing in the U.S. advertising markets."

随着广告销售的衰退，鲁珀特·默多克先生上个月宣布“美国广告市场有中度复苏的迹象”。

New figures show there are over 100, 000 young people claiming incapacity benefit, while 20, 000 have been languishing on it for over five years.

新的数据显示，10万以上的青年要求获得伤残津贴，其中2万人对此要求提了5年。

Many potential students are languishing at home, and will miss out on university places this autumn unless they receive visas in the next few days.

很多潜在的留学生在家苦苦煎熬，除非在接下来的几天能拿到签证，否则他们就会错过秋季入学的机会了。

And if those in the field do find themselves languishing in the trough of disillusionment, they could take some encouragement from Faraday himself.

如果从事该领域的公司发现自己正处于所谓幻想破灭的煎熬，他们就要像法拉第一样鼓励自己。

For all its glitz, they say, this week's huge summit was largely a restatement of policies that have been languishing because they are unenforceable.

尽管峰会光芒四射，但他们说本周的峰会在很大程度是在重申过去提出的政策，而这些政策由于可行性差而成效甚微。

Demand so far exceeds supply these days that in America alone around 17 people die every day while languishing in the queue. Nor do problems end there.

目前对器官的需求远远超过了供给，仅就美国一家而言，每天就有十七个人在等待中日渐虚弱而最终死去。

And by its definition, a book with millions of copies in circulation counts as much as an "obscure master's thesis languishing in a university library."

其定义为，拥有百万册流通量的书跟“大学里导师给出的折磨人的命题”差不多。