forlorn
adjective
uk/fəˈlɔːn/us/fɚˈlɔːrn/forlornadjective(SAD)
literary
aloneandunhappy;leftaloneand notcaredfor:
孤苦伶仃的，孤苦无依的Shelookeda forlornfigurestandingat thebusstop.她站在公共汽车站，看上去孤苦伶仃。
feeling sad and alone
- lonelyI've been lonely since my friends moved away.
- lonesomeUSI'm feeling lonesome.
- isolatedI wouldn't like living out in the country - I'd feel isolated from the rest of the world.
- forlornThe characters, a flighty heiress and her forlorn suitor, are a delight.
- lornHe's a lone, lorn creature.
- desolateAfter the market crash, desolate financiers left the field.
literary
A forlornplacefeelsemptyandsad:
空旷凄惶的（地方）This forlornindustrialtownhas very highunemployment.在这座空旷凄惶的工业小镇上失业率非常高。
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distraught
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- lugubriously
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
- woeful
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Empty
Making people sad, shocked and upset
forlornadjective(UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED)
[before noun]
veryunlikelyto beachievedor tosucceed:
难以实现的；不大可能成功的Their onlyhopenow is that theoutsideworldwillintervenebut it is anincreasinglyforlornhope.他们现在唯一的希望是外界会介入，但是这一希望也越来越渺茫。
SheappearedondaytimeTV in a forlornattempttopersuadethepublicof herinnocence.她在日间电视节目中露面，枉然地想说服公众相信她的清白。
Not hopeful
- be in a funkidiom
- be on a hiding to nothingidiom
- bleak
- bleakly
- bleakness
- dispiritedness
- dispiritingly
- doomed
- doomster
- downcast
- downhearted
- gloom
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- lose heartidiom
- merchant
- merchant of doom/gloomidiom
- someonecan't winidiom
- undone
- what are you going to do?idiom