ghost

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美 [ɡoʊst]

n.  鬼; 鬼魂; 幽灵; (尤指可怕事物的)记忆，回忆; 隐约的一点点; (某物残留的)一丝，一点
v.  无声地行进

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

CET4考研TEM4TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.3541 / COCA.3266

习惯用语

n.

give up the ghost
• 死
  to die
• 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

牛津词典

noun

• 鬼；鬼魂；幽灵
  the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear
  1. Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist) ?
     你相信有鬼吗？
  2. the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her
     萦绕在她脑际的父亲的幽灵
  3. 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。
• （尤指可怕事物的）记忆，回忆
  the memory of sth, especially sth bad
  1. The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.
     反犹主义在欧洲阴魂不散。
• 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
  1. There was a ghost of a smile on his face.
     他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。
  2. You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance) .
     你一点儿机会都没有。
• （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

verb

verb

• 无声地行进
  to move without making a sound
  1. They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
     他们无声地航行在平静的河水上。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鬼；幽灵
  Aghostis the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.
  1. ...the ghost of Marie Antoinette...
     玛丽·安托瓦妮特的幽灵
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT （尤指对可怕事物的）记忆，回忆
  Theghost ofsomething, especially of something bad that has happened, is the memory of it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the ghost of economic mismanagement.
     经济管理不善的梦魇
• N-SING 一丝；一点
  If there is aghost ofsomething, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists.
  1. He gave the ghost of a smile...
     他露出一丝微笑。
  2. 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。
• VERB 代人写作；为人代笔
  If a book or other piece of writingis 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 没有一点（成功的）可能；机会渺茫
  If someonedoes not standordoes not have a ghost of a chanceof doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE （人）放弃，撂挑子；（机器）报废，不再运转
  If someonegives up the ghost, they stop trying to do something because they no longer believe they can do it successfully. If a machinegives up the ghost, it stops working.
  1. 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。
  2. The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
     我的汽车电池报废了。

英英释义

noun

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

verb

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

双语例句

• He hasn't a ghost of chance of winning.
  他毫无获胜的希望。
• The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.
  据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个教堂出没。
• 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。
• The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
  我的汽车电池报废了。
• Are you saying you saw a ghost?
  你是说你见到鬼了？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am a ghost.
  我快变成鬼了！