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adjective1) (desperate) verzweifeltforlorn hope — (faint hope) verzweifelte Hoffnung; (desperate enterprise) aussichtsloses Unterfangen
2) (forsaken) [einsam und] verlassen* * *[fə'lo:n](pitiful; unhappy because left alone: She seems rather forlorn since he left.) verzweifelt, verlassen- academic.ru/87197/forlornly">forlornly* * *for·lorn[fəˈlɔ:n, AM fɔ:rˈlɔ:rn]1. (alone) einsam2. (desolate) verlassen\forlorn place trostlose Gegenda \forlorn hope verlorene Liebesmühein the \forlorn hope in der schwachen Hoffnung* * *[fə'lɔːn]adj1) (= desolate) verlassen; (= miserable) trostlosforlorn appearance (of house etc) — desolates or trostloses Aussehen
the palaces stood empty and forlorn — die Paläste standen leer und verlassen da
2) (= despairing) attempt, effort verzweifeltit is a forlorn hope — es ist ziemlich aussichtslos, es ist eine ziemlich aussichtslose Sache
in the forlorn hope of success/of finding a better life — in der verzweifelten Hoffnung auf Erfolg/ein besseres Leben
* * *forlorn [fə(r)ˈlɔː(r)n] adj1. verlassen, einsam2. verzweifelt, hoffnungs-, hilflos3. unglücklich, elend4. verzweifelt:5. beraubt (of gen):forlorn of all hope aller Hoffnung beraubt* * *adjective1) (desperate) verzweifeltforlorn hope — (faint hope) verzweifelte Hoffnung; (desperate enterprise) aussichtsloses Unterfangen
2) (forsaken) [einsam und] verlassen* * *adj.trist (Gegend) adj. v.verlassen v.
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