Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look.

空无一人的房屋很快就显得凄凉。

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She had a forlorn look on her face.

她脸上有一种孤独的神情。

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BT's hopes of becoming a global carrier look forlorn.

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Later, the orphaned facade of Martin Thompson's 1824 Branch Bank of the U.S. was moved from Wall Street and attached to the back of the museum, where it had a forlorn service-yard look until it was enclosed by the Engelhard Court.

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Mr Brown is not yet a lame duck, but his hopes of leading anything more than a tail-end government look increasingly forlorn.

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