英语词汇“forlorn hope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

forlorn′ hope′,

a perilous or desperate enterprise.
a vain hope.
[Obs.]a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service.

folk-etymological alteration of Dutch verloren hoop literally, lost troop 1530–40

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forlorn hope n

a hopeless or desperate enterprise
a faint hope
obsolete a group of soldiers assigned to an extremely dangerous duty

Etymology: 16th Century (in the obsolete sense): changed (by folk etymology) from Dutch verloren hoop lost troop, from verloren, past participle of verliezen to lose + hoop troop (literally: heap)

单词	forlorn hope
释义	WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 forlorn′ hope′, a perilous or desperate enterprise. a vain hope. [Obs.]a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service. folk-etymological alteration of Dutch verloren hoop literally, lost troop 1530–40 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: forlorn hope n a hopeless or desperate enterprise a faint hope obsolete a group of soldiers assigned to an extremely dangerous duty Etymology: 16th Century (in the obsolete sense): changed (by folk etymology) from Dutch verloren hoop lost troop, from verloren, past participle of verliezen to lose + hoop troop (literally: heap)
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