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

但是该法案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。

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案。

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，洛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。

The murder of Daniel Zamudio horrified Chile and prompted legislators to pass within weeks an anti-discrimination law that languished in parliament for the previous seven years.

扎姆迪欧谋杀案震惊了智利，使得立法者在数周内通过一项反歧视法，这项法律过去7年来一直未能在议会得以通过。

Grief languishes for things lost in which desire had taken delight, because it wills to have nothing taken from it, just as nothing can be taken from thee.

悲伤因欲望所带来的快乐而失去的东西而变得疲倦，因为它不希望从中夺走任何东西，就像你无法夺走任何东西一样。

At length, he began to languish for fresh air, and took many occasions of earnestly entreating the old gentleman to allow him to go out to work with his two companions.

最后，他开始透不过气来呼吸新鲜空气，多次恳求老先生让他和两个伙伴出去干活。

" Another thing, " said Nekhludoff. " There are a hundred and thirty men languishing in prison for the only reason that their passports were not renewed in time. They have been in prison now for a month" .

“还有一件事， ” 聂赫留朵夫说。“有 130 人在监狱里苦苦挣扎， 唯一的原因是他们的护照没有及时更新。他们已经在监狱里待了一个月了” 。