Forlorn
[fə'lɔːn] or [fɚ'lɔrn]
解释:
(adj.) marked by or showing hopelessness; 'the last forlorn attempt'; 'a forlorn cause' .
阿纳托尔校对--From WordNet
解释:
(-) of Forlese
(v. t.) Deserted; abandoned; lost.
(v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
(n.) A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
(n.) A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
埃利斯手打
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Deserted, abandoned, forsaken, friendless, solitary, lost.[2]. Wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, woe-begone.
西莉亚手打
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Abandoned, deserted, forsaken, solitary, destitute, desolate, hapless,luckless, helpless, disconsolate, lone, woe-begone, lonesome, wretched
ANT:Supported, attended, cherished, protected, befriended, cheered
格雷琴编辑
解释:
adj. quite lost: forsaken; wretched.—v.t. Forlore′ (Spens.).—adv. Forlorn′ly.—n. Forlorn′ness.
录入:朱迪思
例句:
- How did the Expression Forlorn Hope Originate? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- There are dogs about the house, and shall I leave my forlorn white children at the mercies of the dogs? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is a forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed till dark. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- After some pondering, I determined to write to the only honest man within reach whom we could trust to help us discreetly in our forlorn situation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In the expression forlorn hope we have made the Dutch word hoop meaning a company into hope. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- There is no telling how much this result was contributed to by General Lew Wallace's leading what might well be considered almost a forlorn hope. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Had the forlorn creature come to any harm? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- But they will be empty--no one will risk to break a lance for the innocent, the forlorn. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- There was but a single forlorn hope, and I took it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Round the right corner of the battery came a furious crowd, headed by a huge negro, for Alcibiades had no liking for heading such a forlorn hope. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Just as forlorn and stupefied as I was when my husband's spirit flew away I have sat ever since--never attempting to mend matters at all. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- It isn't like you to be forlorn. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- What a pitiable, forlorn, disconsolate being I was! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The deep bell of St Paul's was striking nine as he passed under the shadow of Temple Bar, headless and forlorn in these degenerate days. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Here was a stranger utterly and helplessly at my mercy--and that stranger a forlorn woman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- All its paleness, all its change, all its forlorn meaning were clearly revealed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- There was but one forlorn hope for us, and I took it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Did the forlorn woman whom you met in the high-road seem young? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Shirley had the air of a black swan or a white crow in the midst of this party, and very forlorn was her aspect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The forlorn smile with which she said it, so touched him, that tears started from his eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- It was all so strange, so extremely desolate, like the underworld, grey, grey, dirt grey, desolate, forlorn, nowhere--grey, dreary nowhere. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I gazed upon the schoolroom into which he took me, as the most forlorn and desolate place I had ever seen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I was alone with her, when her forlorn young head drooped gently on one side, and all her earthly wrongs and sorrows ended. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Halliday was coming back, looking forlorn and sick. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- They all three went in; and Mr. Gradgrind sat down forlorn, on the Clown's performing chair in the middle of the ring. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- I never saw a place that wanted so much improvement in my life; and it is so forlorn that I do not know what can be done with it. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- This light was my forlorn hope: I must gain it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
录入:朱迪思