1 N-COUNT 鬼;幽灵 A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel. 鬼;幽灵
SYN spirit, soul, phantom, spectre
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. (尤指对可怕事物的)记忆,回忆
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. 一丝;一点
SYN trace, shadow, suggestion, hint
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. 代人写作;为人代笔
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I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail. [be VERB-ed]
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。
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I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph. [VERB noun]
我为他代写《电讯报》每周的橄榄球专栏。
5 PHRASE [with neg] 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. 没有一点(成功的)可能;机会渺茫 [informal]
6 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (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. (人)放弃,撂挑子;(机器)报废,不再运转 [informal]
Quotations
Ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, then you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists then oblivion might not be the end Stanley Kubrick
Even the living were only ghosts in the making Pat Barker The Ghost Road
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