for·lorn
adjective/fəˈlɔːn/
/fərˈlɔːrn/
- (of a person) appearing lonely and unhappy
孤苦伶仃的；孤独凄凉的 - She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain.
她站在雨中，显得孤苦伶仃。 - A couple of forlorn tourists waited for their coach.
几个孤独的游客正在等待他们的巴士。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- very
- quite
- utterly
- …
- She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain.
- (of a place) not cared for and with no people in it
凄凉的；荒芜的 - Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look.
空无一人的房屋很快就显得凄凉。 - The cottage stood forlorn and empty.
小屋荒凉而空旷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- very
- quite
- utterly
- …
- Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look.
- unlikely to succeed, come true, etc.
不大可能成功的；难以实现的 - She waited in the forlorn hope that he would one day come back to her.
她几乎毫无指望地等待他有一天会回到她的身边。 - His father smiled weakly in a forlorn attempt to reassure him that everything was all right.
他父亲淡淡地一笑，试图安慰他一切都好，却没什么效果。
- She waited in the forlorn hope that he would one day come back to her.
Word OriginOld English forloren ‘depraved, morally abandoned’, past participle of forlēosan ‘lose’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verliezen and German verlieren, and ultimately to for- and lose. Senses (1 and 2) date from the 16th cent.