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ghost

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  • n.鬼;鬼魂;幽灵;(电视屏幕上的)重影;(某物残留的)一丝,一点;(尤指可怕事物的)记忆,回忆;隐约的一点点
  • vi.无声地行进

复数: ghosts 现在分词: ghosting 过去分词: ghosted 第三人称单数: ghosts

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noun

1

鬼;鬼魂;幽灵
the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear

Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist) ?

你相信有鬼吗?

the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her

萦绕在她脑际的父亲的幽灵

He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened) .

他那副样子就像是见到鬼一样。

2

(尤指可怕事物的)记忆,回忆
the memory of sth, especially sth bad

The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.

反犹主义在欧洲阴魂不散。

3

隐约的一点点;(某物残留的)一丝,一点
a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists

There was a ghost of a smile on his face.

他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。

You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance) .

你一点儿机会都没有。

4

(电视屏幕上的)重影
a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault

习语

verb

1


2

无声地行进
to move without making a sound

They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.

他们无声地航行在平静的河水上。

ghost

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 鬼;幽灵
    A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.

    ...the ghost of Marie Antoinette...

    玛丽·安托瓦妮特的幽灵

  • 2
    N-COUNT (尤指对可怕事物的)记忆,回忆
    The ghost of something, especially of something bad that has happened, is the memory of it.

    The President is using the two visits to lay the ghosts of the Munich Agreement.

    总统正借这两次访问来消除《慕尼黑协定》的阴影。

  • 3
    N-SING 一丝;一点
    If there is a ghost of something, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists.

    He gave the ghost of a smile...

    他露出一丝微笑。

  • 4
    VERB 代人写作;为人代笔
    If a book or other piece of writing is ghosted, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.

    I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail...

    我出版了《每日邮报》的女记者为他代笔的自传,写得颇具文采。

  • 5
    PHRASE 没有一点(成功的)可能;机会渺茫
    If someone does not stand or does not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it.

    He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.

    那房子他根本不可能卖得出去。

  • 6
    PHRASE (人)放弃,撂挑子;(机器)报废,不再运转
    If someone gives up the ghost, they stop trying to do something because they no longer believe they can do it successfully. If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working.

    Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for...

    一些公司没等找到目标便已放弃。

noun

1
a mental representation of some haunting experience
he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
Synonym: shade spook wraith specter spectre
2
a suggestion of some quality
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
Synonym: touch trace
3
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
4
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Synonym: ghostwriter

verb

1
write for someone else
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
Synonym: ghostwrite
2
haunt like a ghost;pursue
Fear of illness haunts her
Synonym: haunt obsess
3
move like a ghost
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard

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  1. She 's the editor of a new collection of ghost stories .

    她编了一部新版鬼故事集。

  2. He hit the big time with films such as Ghost and Dirty Dancing .

    他因《人鬼情未了》和《辣身舞》等影片走红。

  3. It wasn 't a ghost ; it was a real person .

    那不是鬼魂,是实实在在的人。

  4. There was a ghost of a smile on his face .

    他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。

  5. I 've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house .

    我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。

  6. A ghost indeed ! I 've never heard anything so silly .

    真是见鬼!我可从没听说过这样无聊的事。

  7. I don 't believe in all that stuff about ghosts .

    我不信什么鬼呀魂呀的。

  8. They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river .

    他们无声地航行在平静的河水上。

  9. The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe .

    反犹主义在欧洲阴魂不散。

  10. Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for

    一些公司没等找到目标便已放弃。

  11. The battery in my car gave up the ghost .

    我的汽车电池报废了。

  12. He doesn 't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house .

    那房子他根本不可能卖得出去。

  13. The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children .

    死去的孩子们的幽灵常在该村出没。

  14. The President is using the two visits to lay the ghosts of the Munich Agreement .

    总统正借这两次访问来消除《慕尼黑协定》的阴影。

  15. I suspect she 'll be writing it herself ; she doesn 't need a ghost writer .

    我觉得她会自己动笔;无需他人捉刀。

  16. He gave the ghost of a smile

    他露出一丝微笑。

  17. I don 't believe in ghosts

    我不相信有鬼。

  18. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town , deserted by two-thirds of its residents .

    摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去,据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。

  19. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost , Amen .

    以圣父、圣子和圣灵的名义,阿门。

  20. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms , banging a toy drum .

    据说他的鬼魂经常敲着玩具鼓出没在其中的一些房间里。

  21. The sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the north-west .

    阳光和煦,仅有一丝西北风轻轻吹拂。

  22. They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector .

    他们偶然来到一个居住着一位狡诈的淘金者的废墟之城。

  23. I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph .

    我为他代写《电讯报》每周的橄榄球专栏。

  24. I published his autobiography , which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail

    我出版了《每日邮报》的女记者为他代笔的自传,写得颇具文采。

  25. He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ ghost ] .

    他那副样子好像见到鬼了。

  26. People say ghosts haunt that old house .

    据说那座老宅子有鬼魂出没。

  27. He told me the ghost of his father appeared at his bedside .

    他告诉我说他父亲的阴魂出现在他的床边。

  28. They say ghosts haunt this house .

    据说这所房子里常闹鬼。

  29. He does not believe in the existence of ghosts .

    他不相信有鬼存在。

  30. He looked so terrified I thought he 'd seen a ghost .

    他看上去如此害怕,我以为他看见鬼了。

  • 习语

n.

give up the ghost

1


to die

2

报废;不能运转;完蛋
to stop working

My car finally gave up the ghost.

我的汽车终于报废了。

be a shadow/ghost of your former self

失去昔日的力量(或影响等);威风不再;不如当年
to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have