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 is nearing game time and Moyer still lingers in the Phillies dugout.
  已经接近开赛的时间了，Moyer还在休息室里徘徊。
• That's China's debut appearance in the World Cup, the dream that lingers in Chinese minds.
  这是中国人首次出现在世界杯赛场，而这是萦绕在中国人心中多年的梦想。
• The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.
  歌声虽已结束，但美妙的旋律仍在萦回。
• It's the kind of country that lingers in your dreams long after you leave it.
  这个山城王国，你不管离开她有多久，都会萦绕在你的梦中。
• 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。
• 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。
• The superstition still lingers on among them.
  那种迷信仍然残留在他们的脑海中。
• One suggestive finding is that when unemployment insurance becomes more generous, not everybody lingers on benefits.
  一个具有提示性的发现是：当失业救济金增加时，并非所有人都对此留恋不舍。
• 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。
• This means that stale air lingers in the bottom of our lungs.
  这就意味着浑浊的空气老是存留在肺的底部。