forlorn

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a. 孤独的, 悲惨的, 凄凉的

发音

UK /fəˈlɔːn/
UK /fɔːˈlɔːn/
AU
US /fɚˈlɔɹn/
US /fɔɹˈlɔɹn/

词形变化

forlorns 复数 forlorns forlorner 比较级 forlorner forlornest more forlorn 比较级 forlornest 最高级 most forlorn 最高级

别名

forlorne

教材释义与例句

形容词

被遗弃的；绝望的；孤独的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A forlorn hope.

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    A member of a forlorn hope.

    政治 军事
v.
  1. 1.

    past participle of forlese.

    废旧 政治 军事
adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Abandoned, deserted, left behind.

    被遗弃的

  2. 2.

    Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.

    悲惨

    孤独

    孤苦伶仃

  3. 3.

    Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

    不可能成功的

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

hopeless

相关短语

forlorn hope n. 敢死队, 希望甚微孤注一掷的事业 forlorn hopes red sky at night, sailors' delight; red sky in the morn, sailors forlorn red sky at night, sailors' delight; red sky at morn, sailors forlorn red sky at night, sailors' delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning

词源

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”), German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.

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