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He says that prices will fall by 6% or so in 2011 and will then languish for a while before gradually recovering.
他说，2011年房价将继续下跌6%左右，然后会底部徘徊一段时间，然后再开始逐渐回升。
Otherwise, as we have seen with other disasters, communities can languish for many years in a state of dependence, with high levels of disease and mortality.
否则，正如我们在其它灾害情景中看到的，社会将在许多年中失去活力，依赖它人，伴随而来的是居高不下的疾病发生率和死亡率。
Many sickly ones have there always been among those who muse, and languish for God; violently they hate the discerning ones, and the latest of virtues, which is uprightness.
在那些无声祷告、为神憔悴的人群中间，总混有许多病态的家伙；他们极端憎恨有洞察力的人，憎恨那些最近得道、坦诚的人。

But he has accepted that his company's stock will languish for some time.
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