1. | 孤苦伶仃的;孤独凄凉的appearing lonely and unhappy |
She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain. 她站在雨中,显得孤苦伶仃。 |
2. | 凄凉的;荒芜的not cared for and with no people in it |
Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look. 空无一人的房屋很快就显得凄凉。 |
3. | 不大可能成功的;难以实现的unlikely to succeed, come true, etc. |
She waited in the forlorn hope that he would one day come back to her. 她几乎毫无指望地等待他有一天会回到她的身边。 | |
His father smiled weakly in a forlorn attempt to reassure him that everything was all right. 他父亲淡淡地一笑,枉然地试图要他放心,一切都安然无恙。 |