| 单词 | forlorn |
| 释义 | forlorn (fɔːʳlɔːʳn ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb] If someone is forlorn, they feel alone and unhappy. [literary] One of the demonstrators, a young woman, sat forlorn on the pavement. He looked a forlorn figure as he limped off after 26 minutes. Synonyms: miserable, helpless, pathetic, pitiful forlornly graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] A Dutch newspaper photographed the president waiting forlornly in the rain. 2. graded adjective If a place is forlorn, it is deserted and not cared for, or has little in it. [literary] They headed inland on a forlorn road that was rutted and pocked. The once glorious palaces stood empty and forlorn. Synonyms: abandoned, deserted, ruined, bleak forlornly graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] It is stranded somewhat forlornly in the middle of the plain. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A forlorn hope or attempt is one that you think has no chance of success. Peasants have left the land in the forlorn hope of finding a better life in cities. ...a forlorn effort to keep from losing my mind. Synonyms: hopeless, useless, vain, pointless forlornly graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] His father forlornly hoped someone might have seen them. Collocations: forlorn figure But the singer cut a forlorn figure as she stepped alone from the private plane. The Sun After a grim time for a year or two, in which he has often cut a disconsolate and forlorn figure, few would begrudge him a moment in the sun again. Times, Sunday Times He cuts a forlorn figure today, as the shocking police mugshot taken in the early hours made obvious. Times, Sunday Times Once a soprano with a powerhouse voice and a reputation to match, she's now a forlorn figure, disdained by critics and forgotten by audiences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then spare a thought for the forlorn figures in blue by the side of the road. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 孤苦伶仃的 Japanese: わびしい |
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