linger
vi. 逗留,徘徊; 緩慢消失
When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected.
The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room...
她的香水味道在房間裡久久不散。
A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade...
一場游擊戰已經持續了30多年。
If you linger somewhere, you stay there for a longer time than is necessary, for example because you are enjoying yourself.
Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight...
客人儘可以喝著咖啡逗留到午夜左右。
I lingered on in Atlanta for a few days, spending much of my time with an artist friend...
我在亞特蘭大又逗留了幾天,大部分時候都和一位搞藝術的朋友在一起。
1. remain present although waning or gradually dying;
2. be about;
3. leave slowly and hesitantly
4. take one's time; proceed slowly
5. move to and fro;
remain, linger, stay
這些動詞均有"停留,逗留"之意。
Linger: Amanda! You were supposed to convince Aduh to vote.
玲兒: 亞曼達! 你本該要說服阿德去投票的.
The guards gesticulated that he had better not linger there. He shook his head.
警衛人員作手勢,示意他不要在那兒逗留. 他點了點頭.
Did the ghost of that grand passion linger in some corner of his heart?
難道那種崇高感情的殘魂還逗留在他心田的某一角 嗎 ?
Tensions linger between Japan and China over resources in China Sea.
日本和中國在東海的資源問題上也關係緊張.
Don't linger away your holidays. Try to find something useful to do.
不要虛度假日, 儘量找些有意義的事做.