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F0263200 (fər-lôrn′, fôr-)adj.1. a. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate: "my high school chums ... enjoying cider and doughnuts ... while I was trapped up on that forlorn mountain" (Howard Frank Mosher).b. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned: "waved them goodbye from the door like forlorn parents waving off a honeymoon couple" (Anne Bartlett).c. Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness: the forlorn whistle of a train in the night.d. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition: people living in forlorn shacks.2. Bereft or deprived: forlorn of all hope.3. Nearly hopeless; desperate: a forlorn acknowledgment of failure.

[Middle English forloren, past participle of forlesen, to abandon, from Old English forlēosan; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

for·lorn′ly adv.for·lorn′ness n.

forlorn

(fəˈlɔːn) adj1. miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate2. deserted; forsaken3. (foll by: of) destitute; bereft: forlorn of hope. 4. desperate: the last forlorn attempt. [Old English forloren lost, from forlēosan to lose; related to Old Saxon farliosan, Gothic fraliusan, Greek luein to release] forˈlornly adv forˈlornness n

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adj. 1. miserable, as in condition or appearance; dreary; wretched. 2. lonely and sad; forsaken; desolate. 3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances. 4. bereft; destitute: forlorn of comfort. [before 1150; Middle English forlesen to forfeit, desert, Old English forlēosan. See for-, lose] for•lorn′ly, adv. for•lorn′ness, n.

lonely, lonesome, forlorn, desolate - Lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad.See also related terms for suggestion.

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forlorn - marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

forlorn

adjective1. miserable, helpless, pathetic, pitiful, lost, forgotten, abandoned, unhappy, lonely, homeless, forsaken, bereft, destitute, wretched, disconsolate, friendless, down in the dumps (informal), pitiable, cheerless, woebegone, comfortless He looked a forlorn figure as he limped off.
miserable happy, optimistic, thriving, hopeful, cheerful2. abandoned, deserted, ruined, bleak, dreary, desolate, godforsaken, waste The once glorious palaces stood empty and forlorn.3. hopeless, useless, vain, pointless, futile, no-win, unattainable, impracticable, unachievable, impossible, not having a prayer a forlorn effort to keep from losing my mind

forlorn

adjective1. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone:desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn.2. Having been given up and left alone:abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lorn.3. Empty of people:deserted, desolate, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented.4. Having lost all hope:despairing, desperate, despondent, hopeless.

Translations

孤独凄凉的被遗弃的

forlorn

(fəˈloːn) adjective pitiful; unhappy because left alone. She seems rather forlorn since he left. 孤独凄凉的，被遗弃的 forˈlornly adverb悲惨地

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forlorn hope

1. An undertaking that seems very unlikely to succeed. This plan you have is a forlorn hope and will never work out the way you want.2. A group of soldiers sent on an extremely dangerous mission. The phrase comes from the Dutch verloren hoop, meaning "lost troop." Have you heard anything from the forlorn hope yet? Did they reach their target?See also: forlorn, hope

a forlorn hope

a faint remaining hope or chance; a desperate attempt. This expression developed in the mid 16th century from the Dutch expression verloren hoop ‘lost troop’. The phrase originally denoted a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive; the equivalent French phrase is enfants perdus ‘lost children’. The current sense, which dates from the mid 17th century, arose from a misunderstanding of the etymology.See also: forlorn, hope

forlorn hope

An undertaking with little chance of success; a lost cause. This expression, while seemingly quite straightforward in English, actually came from a Dutch term of the late sixteenth century, verloren hoop, which meant “a lost troop of soldiers,” that is, an expendable squad. The British mistook hoop for hope and changed the meaning to a desperate undertaking, which has persisted since the seventeenth century.See also: forlorn, hope

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adj miserable

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adj abandoned

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adj hopeless

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adj dejected due to the awareness of being alone

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adj having been given up and left alone

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adj empty of people

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adj having lost all hope

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adj marked by or showing hopelessness

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