柯林斯詞典forlorn /f??l??n/ 1. ADJ If someone is forlorn, they feel alone and unhappy. 孤苦伶仃的[文學(xué)性] One of the demonstrators, a young woman, sat forlorn on the sidewalk. 其中一名示威者,一個(gè)年輕的女子,孤獨(dú)無(wú)助地坐在人行道上。2. ADJ A forlorn hope or attempt is one that you think has no chance of success. 不可能成功的 Peasants have left the land in the forlorn hope of finding a better life in cities. 農(nóng)民們帶著在城市里尋求更好生活的遙不可及的希望離開了那塊土地,。 返回 forlorn劍橋詞典 forlorn adjective (SAD) literary alone and unhappy ; left alone and not cared for 孤苦伶仃的,孤苦無(wú)依的 She looked a forlorn figure standing at the bus stop . 她站在公共汽車站,看上去孤苦伶仃。 literary A forlorn place feels empty and sad . 空曠凄惶的(地方) This forlorn industrial town has very high unemployment . 在這座空曠凄惶的工業(yè)小鎮(zhèn)上失業(yè)率非常高。 forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED) [ 只用在名詞前面的形容詞 ] very unlikely to be achieved or to succeed 難以實(shí)現(xiàn)的;不大可能成功的 Their only hope now is that the outside world will intervene but it is an increasingly forlorn hope . 他們現(xiàn)在唯一的希望是外界會(huì)介入,但是這一希望也越來越渺茫。 She appeared on daytime TV in a forlorn attempt to persuade the public of her innocence . 她在日間電視節(jié)目中露面,枉然地想說服公眾相信她的清白。 返回 forlorn