This was a forlorn hope—he was almost sure that Wilson had no friend: there was not enough of him for his wife.

这是个渺茫希望——他几乎可以肯定威尔逊个朋友也没有，他连个老婆都照顾不了。

Miss Ingram rose solemnly: " I go first, " she said, in a tone which might have befitted the leader of a forlorn hope, mounting a breach in the van of his men.

英格姆小姐庄重地站了起来：“我先去，”她用合于率领绝望队伍攻城略地首领语气说。

When I went round with the other young fellows I was always the forlorn hope — the one that had to eat the drumsticks and dance with the left-overs.

“当我和其他年轻起四处走动时， 我总是个渺茫希望——那个不得不吃鸡腿和剩下。

As the Democrats were split, the party that had led a forlorn hope four years before was on the high road to success at last.

随着民主党分裂，四年前曾度希望渺茫政党终于走上了通往成功大道。

" You're awfully good, Julius. But I can't help feeling that it's rather a forlorn hope. I'm really pinning my faith to Mr. Carter" .

“你太棒了，朱利叶斯。但我不禁觉得这是个渺茫希望。我真把我信仰寄托在卡特先生身上。”

A few, unable to endure the thought of voting the Republican ticket, held a convention at Indianapolis where, with the sanction of Cleveland, they nominated candidates of their own and endorsed the gold standard in a forlorn hope.

些无法忍受投票给共和党想法，在印第安纳波利斯举行了次大会， 在克利夫兰批准下，他们提名了自己候选， 并在绝望希望中支持金本位制。

This light was my forlorn hope: I must gain it.

这盏灯成了我绝望中希望：我必须到那里去。

It is forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed until dark.

这充其量只是绝望希望，而推迟到天黑也算不上什么绝望。