(of a person 人 appearing lonely and unhappy 孤苦伶仃的；孤独凄凉的 She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain. 她站在雨中，显得孤苦伶仃。 A couple of forlorn tourists waited for their coach. 几个孤独的游客在等他们的教练。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- very
- quite
- utterly
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(of a place 地方 not cared for and with no people in it 凄凉的；荒芜的 Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look. 空无一人的房屋很快就显得凄凉。 The cottage stood forlorn and empty. 小屋孤零零地空着。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- very
- quite
- utterly
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unlikely to succeed, come true, etc. 不大可能成功的；难以实现的 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，试图安慰他一切都好，却没什么效果。
Word OriginOld English forloren ‘depraved, morally abandoned’, past participle of forlēosan ‘lose’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verliezen and German verlieren, and ultimately to for- and lose. Senses (1 and 2) date from the 16th cent.