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词汇 forlornly
释义 forlornly
adverb
uk /fəˈlɔːn.li/ us /fɚˈlɔːrn.li/
in a way that shows that you are alone and unhappy: 孤苦伶仃地,孤苦无依地
She sat forlornly looking out to sea.她孤苦伶仃地坐着,望向大海。
He shook his head forlornly.他怅然地摇了摇头。
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forlorn
Passengers remain stuck at the border forlornly clutching their passports.
She stared forlornly into the Christmas window display.
The chair was lying forlornly on its side.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
lovesick
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone

Examples of forlornly


forlornly
More scientists than philosophers, they anguish over the big muddy issues the book has stirred up and some hope forlornly for better days.
The forgotten boundary wiggles forlornly through the centre of the reservoirs and gravel pits along the line of the old riverbed.
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Because the road is now a dual carriageway, one pylon now stands forlornly in the central reservation, although a third is planned.
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Seeing him standing forlornly, she takes pity on him and offers him shelter, just for the night.
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In the background a steamship passes over the horizon, leaving the forgotten, ghostly form of a veteran forlornly wading through the water.
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While waiting forlornly at the rail station, she notices a large crate marked to be containing radiative cobalt.
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Several targets portray her in various ways forlornly seeking a husband.
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Other translations differ, in certain points, but the general imagery of wild geese, forlornly crying during their quest for a home to rest is clear.
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Thereafter, lived out a rather impecunious existence, tending to an allotment to provide vegetables for his family and forlornly walking one of his pet foxes around the town.
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She is saddened that he has chosen gold over her, and he protests that that is the way of the world, as he forlornly tries to cling to her.
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Apparently forgotten by the family, he sits forlornly in the kitchen with his empty food bowl in his mouth and lets it drop to the floor.
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