After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.她的早期小说在沉寂多年后最近被重新发掘出来。
He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years.过去的20年中他一直在监狱里苦熬。
The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls.执政党在民意调查中处于第三的尴尬位置。