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forlorn    音标拼音: [fɚl'ɔrn]
a. 孤独的,悲惨的,凄凉的

孤独的,悲惨的,凄凉的

forlorn
adj 1: marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn
attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

Forlorn \For*lorn"\, a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly,
AS. forle['o]san (p. p. forloren); pref. for- le['o]san (in
comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw.
f["o]rlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See
{For-}, and {Lorn}, a., {Lose}, v. t.]
1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. --Spenser.
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Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched;
miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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For here forlorn and lost I tread. --Goldsmith.
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The condition of the besieged in the mean time was
forlorn in the extreme. --Prescott.
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She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still
living. --Thomson.
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{A forlorn hope} [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or
troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose hoop band;
akin to E. heap. See {For-}, and {Heap}.] (Mil.), a body
of men (called in F. {enfants perdus}, in G. {verlornen
posten}) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a
breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other
extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case
or enterprise.

Syn: Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary;
helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched;
miserable; pitiable.
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Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE.
forlesen. See {Forlorn}.]
To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.
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Forlorn \For*lorn"\, n.
1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. --Shak.
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2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
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Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the
enemy. --Oliver
Cromvell.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "forlorn":
abandoned, affording no hope, alone, apathetic, bereft, bleak,
cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, dejected, depressed,
deserted, desolate, desole, despairing, desperate, despondent,
desponding, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dolorous, down,
fatherless, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile,
gloomy, glum, godforsaken, grim, heartsick, heartsore, helpless,
homeless, hopeless, in despair, inconsolable, joyless, kithless,
lonely, lonesome, lost, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy,
miserable, motherless, mournful, neglected, oppressed, outcast,
pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, sad, shunned, sick,
sick at heart, solitary, sorrowful, soul-sick, unconsolable,
unfriended, unhappy, unhopeful, vain, without hope, woebegone,
woeful, wretched



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