单词	forlornly
释义	forlornfor‧lorn /fəˈlɔːn $ fərˈlɔːrn/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINforlorn Origin: Old English past participle of forleosan ‘to lose’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A forlorn line of refugees stood near the truck. The banners and ribbons looked forlorn in the rain. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But they are wrong to be so forlorn. From a place on the shady side I watched the most forlorn spectacle I have ever seen. It was a forlorn sight to see that troupe passing through our lines at such a time. Locals pile garbage beside the forlorn visitors center. The reporters have dispersed, and the two of them actually look somewhat forlorn when I come by. With the modernisation of the railway system, Brooke End signal box was abandoned, its structure left to stand forlorn. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► forlorn figure  a forlorn figure sitting all by herself ► forlorn hope  the forlorn hope of finding a peace formula COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a vain/forlorn hope (=hope for something that is impossible)· He traveled south in the vain hope of finding work. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► hope · For Coulthard, the prospect of posting a third successive Silverstone win looks a forlorn hope at best after another disappointing race.· But these outcasts of the consumer boom have learned to make even a forlorn hope go a long way.· Well, it had been a forlorn hope at best.· Even they realise, however, that the real world makes that an increasingly forlorn hope. 1seeming lonely and unhappy:  a forlorn figure sitting all by herself Ana sat with a bowed head and spoke in a forlorn voice.2a place that is forlorn seems empty and sad, and is often in bad condition:  The house looked old and forlorn.3[only before noun] a forlorn hope, attempt, or struggle etc is not going to be successful:  the forlorn hope of finding a peace formula—forlornly adverb
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