单词 | ghost |
释义 | ghost n 1 spirit of a dead person appearing to sb who is still living 鬼; 幽灵 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礼拜堂出没. I don´t believe in ghosts, ie don´t believe that they exist. 我不相信有鬼. He looked as if he had seen a ghost, ie looked very frightened. 他那副惊骇的样子就像见到了鬼似的. 2 [sing] ~ of sth (fig 比喻) very faint, slight amount or trace of sth 某事物的一点点; 朦胧的痕迹; 隐约的一丝 The ghost of a smile (ie a very faint smile) played round her lips. 她嘴角上露著一丝微笑. You haven´t a ghost of a chance, ie You have no chance. 你毫无机会. 3 faint secondary image on a television screen (电视屏幕 上的)重影, 重像. 4 (idm 习语) give up the `ghost (a) die 死. (b) (joc 谑) fail to work or to make an effort 失效; 不能使用; 不再努力 The car seems to have given up the ghost. 看来这汽车算是报销了. lay a `ghost (a) exorcise an evil spirit 驱除魔鬼 The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again. 那鬼魂已经祛除, 不会再回来缠著你了. (b) (infml 口) finally overcome a previous failure which seemed impossible to recover from 终於洗雪前次似无可挽回的失败 Her gold-medal victory laid the ghost of her shock defeat in the European Championships. 她在欧洲锦标赛中的惨败终因她夺得金牌的胜利而雪耻. ghost, v [Ipr, Tn] ~ (for) sb act as a ghost-writer for sb 给某人捉刀; 为人代笔 He ghosts for a number of sports personalities who `write´ newspaper columns. 他给一些为报纸专栏`写'文章的体育界名人做捉刀人. her ghosted memoirs, ie written by someone else 她那由别人代笔的回忆录. |
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