be forsaken by sb
作形容词时常用 be 或其他系动词，后接 by 引出遗弃者。
She felt forsaken by everyone she had trusted.
她觉得自己被所有曾信任的人遗弃了。
被遗弃的；荒废的
无助的；孤苦无依的；被遗弃的；被抛弃的。；无助的。；被抛弃的；孤独的；forsake的过去分词
被遗弃的；被抛弃的。
Deserted; abandoned.
无助的。
Helpless.
The forsaken house stood empty for years.
那栋被遗弃的房子空置了好几年。
用法提示：这里'forsaken'作为形容词，修饰'house'，表示房屋被废弃、无人照管。
She felt forsaken after her best friend moved away.
她最好的朋友搬走后，她感到被抛弃了。
用法提示：这里'forsaken'作表语，描述主语'She'感到孤独、被遗弃。
The forsaken puppy was found shivering in the cold.
那只被遗弃的小狗被发现时正在寒风中发抖。
用法提示：这里'forsaken'作为形容词，修饰'puppy'，表示小狗被主人抛弃。
作形容词时常用 be 或其他系动词，后接 by 引出遗弃者。
She felt forsaken by everyone she had trusted.
她觉得自己被所有曾信任的人遗弃了。
作定语修饰地点或事物，表示被遗弃、荒废的。
They came upon a forsaken village deep in the mountains.
他们在深山里偶然发现了一座荒废的村庄。
与 feel、look 等系动词连用，表示感到或显得无助。
The child looked forsaken and alone.
那孩子看上去孤苦无依、无人照料。
grammar · medium
易错句子He felt forsaken his family.
正确表达He felt forsaken by his family.
英语里表示“被某人遗弃”时，施动者要用 by 引出；汉语“被家人遗弃”没有对应 by 的词，容易漏掉。加上 by，句子才完整。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a forsaken.
正确表达He is forsaken.
forsaken 是形容词，不能直接加 a 当单数名词用；去掉 a 后作表语形容词，表示“他被遗弃了”。若要保留名词，可补上 person。
grammar · medium
易错句子My old diary was forsaken in the drawer.
正确表达My old diary was forgotten in the drawer.
forsaken 指被遗弃、被抛弃，强调被丢下不管；这里只是说日记被忘记，不涉及遗弃，应该用 forgotten。汉语“被遗弃”和“被遗忘”都有“被……”，容易混用。
forsaken 书面、文学色彩浓，多用于被抛弃的人或命运、希望，情感强烈；abandoned 更常用、语域中性，除人外还可指被废弃的房屋、计划等。
forsaken 强调被他人抛弃后的孤苦无助，带强烈情感；deserted 更侧重被抛下这一结果，也常指地方空无一人，语域中性。
forsaken 指被他人遗弃、遭抛弃；forlorn 侧重因孤独而显得凄凉、无望，还可修饰 hope 等抽象名词，二者不能随意互换。
base verb; single free morpheme
god + forsaken (compound adjective)
forsaken + -ness (noun-forming suffix)
forsake + -er (agent-noun suffix)
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