1、hold up

舉起;抬起;提起

She held up her hand stiffly.

她直挺挺地舉著手。

Hold it up so that we can see it.

把它舉起來讓我們看看。

支撐;支承

Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工廠里四處都立有鐵柱支撐著房頂。

Her legs wouldn't hold her up.

她雙腿都站不住了。

耽擱;阻延

Why were you holding everyone up?

你為什么耽擱了大家？

Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.

持續的暴力活動可能會阻延改革的進程。

2、languish

（被迫）受苦，受折磨

Pollard continues to languish in prison.

波拉德繼續受牢獄之苦。

No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.

無人清楚如今有多少難民在到處流浪，或有多少人流離失所，在難民營里受苦。

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Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished.

沒有了創始人的斗志與指引，公司逐漸走向沒落。

New products languish on the drawing board.

新產品在計劃階段即告失敗。