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. 辳民們帶著在城市裡尋求更好生活的遙不可及的希望離開(kāi)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(chē)站，看上去孤苦伶仃。 literary A forlorn place feels empty and sad . 空曠淒惶的（地方） This forlorn industrial town has very high unemployment . 在這座空曠淒惶的工業(yè)小鎮(zhèn)上失業(yè)率非常高。 forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED) [ 衹用在名詞前麪的形容詞 ] 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(lái)越渺茫。 She appeared on daytime TV in a forlorn attempt to persuade the public of her innocence . 她在日間電眡節(jié)目中露麪，枉然地想說(shuō)服公衆(zhòng)相信她的清白。 返回 forlorn