soon, all 50 residents of guo's village had scrambled onto their roofs in search of temporary safety. two people shared one umbrella in the forlorn hope of avoiding the unstoppable rain.
很快,郭所在村子的所有50名居民都爬上了屋顶暂时避难,有两个人合撑一把伞希望能躲避不停地暴雨。
my mission was a forlorn hope .
我任务是一个很渺茫希望。
it was a forlorn hope but i was flushed with optimism.
尽管这个希望很渺茫,但心中还是充满期待。
no one there cherished the forlorn hope that boys of our sort could make any advance in learning.
这里没人会抱哪怕是渺茫的希望,认为像我们这种孩子能够在学习上取得进步。
it will, again, at the request of the nepali government, be extended for six months, in the forlorn hope that the deadlock can be broken.
应尼泊尔政府的请求,特派团将再次延期6个月,带着最渺茫的希望,期待僵局能够打破。
i went to see him in the forlorn hope of securing his support.
我去找他,希望得到他的支持,只是我也知道机会十分渺茫了。
it is a forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed till dark.
原本不过是个渺茫的希望,拖到天黑也未见得会更渺茫。
it can only denounce offenders publicly, in the forlorn hope that the shame will induce them to behave better.