ghosts

英 [ɡəʊsts]

美 [ɡoʊsts]

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
ghost的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Hearing the story about ghosts sharpened my son's fear of the dark.
  听鬼故事加深了我儿子对黑暗的恐惧感。
• I know that ghosts have wandered on earth.
  我相信&我知道鬼魂是在人世间漫游的。
• 8. Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.
  万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。
• I don't believe in ghosts
  我不相信有鬼。
• Whenever I want, they will always be there: my mother, my grandmother, my ghosts.
  只要我需要，它们总会出现在我的身边：我的母亲，我的外婆，我的那些“鬼”。
• 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。
• I saw two ghosts today.
  我今天又看到了两个幽灵。
• People say ghosts haunt that old house.
  据说那座老宅子有鬼魂出没。
• I am not an atheist, but I also do not believe in ghosts or evil sporots.
  我不是一个无神论者，但是也不相信这个世界真的有鬼怪。
• Now you're seeing ghosts?
  你真的看到鬼了？