lingers

英 [ˈlɪŋɡəz]

美 [ˈlɪŋɡərz]

v.  继续存留; 缓慢消失; 流连; 逗留; 徘徊; 花很长时间做(某事); 磨蹭; 持续看(或思考)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 继续存留
  When something such as an idea, feeling, or illnesslingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected.
  1. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room...
     她的香水味道在房间里久久不散。
  2. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade...
     一场游击战已经持续了30多年。
  3. He was ashamed. That feeling lingered, and he was never comfortable in church after that...
     他深感羞耻。这种感觉一直萦绕在心头，并且自那以后他在教堂总是觉得不自在。
  4. He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.
     他宁肯在比赛中丢了性命也不愿在医院里苟延残喘。
• VERB 留恋；不愿离开；继续逗留
  If youlingersomewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example because you are enjoying yourself.
  1. Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight...
     客人尽可以喝着咖啡逗留到午夜左右。
  2. I lingered on in Atlanta for a few days, spending much of my time with an artist friend...
     我在亚特兰大又逗留了几天，大部分时候都和一位搞艺术的朋友在一起。
  3. It is a dreary little town where few would choose to linger.
     这是个沉闷的小镇，没几个人会愿意在此流连。

双语例句

• It's a question that lingers and one might wonder whether Socrates ever successfully answers that question.
  这是萦回不散的问题，有人可能要问，苏格拉底是否曾成功地，响应那个问题。
• Twilight lingers over the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley of Kings in Luxor, Egypt.
  埃及卢克索的帝王谷里，霞光流连在拉美西斯三世的陵墓上。
• Right here lies the very thorn of life: what lingers on is unfortunately not what you prefer.
  人生的刺，就在这里，留恋着不肯快走的，偏是你所不留恋的东西。
• The messages conveyed in the eyes of these people, notably the kids, flickers and lingers in my mind and makes my life meaningful.
  消息被表达在这人民眼里，著名孩子，忽悠和依我所见徘徊和使我的生活意味深长。
• But the sudden disappearing of your figure on the screen lingers my missing in the air, which can only be conveyed with my speechless words.
  只是突然依赖的隔屏，消失了你的身影，让我的思念在空中流转，无奈只好让无言的文字倾诉我的想念。
• It is not like our flesh body that has birth and death and lingers in transmigration.
  不像我们的肉身是有生有死，不断地在轮回之中徘徊。
• And while this pain is normal, sometimes that pain lingers for too long.
  然而这种痛是正常的，有时候那种痛会持续很久。
• The flames are all gone, but the pain lingers on.
  火焰褪去，但苦同苟沿残喘。
• All that lingers is not just the scenery but also our mood.
  原来流连不去的，从来都不是美景，我们只是想要留住那份心情。
• Their beauty captures every young dreamer who lingers near them.
  美丽迷住了每个年轻的追梦人，在它身旁徘徊。