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ghost SPIRITHgEJst, $goJstn [C]the spirit of a dead person believed by some to visit the living and sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent picture of the dead person鬼，幽灵Do you believe in ghosts?你信鬼吗？The gardens are said to be haunted by the ghost of a dead child who drowned in the river.据说，在这些花园经常有一个溺水儿童变成的鬼出没。(fig.) The ghost (= memory) of the old dictator still lingers on in his monstrous architecture.老独裁者的阴魂仍存留在他那巨大的建筑物之中。The priest exorcized the ghost (= caused it to stop appearing in a particular place).神父驱走了鬼魂。(fig.) His actions exorcized/laid the ghost (= removed the memory) of that unhappy period of their lives.他的行动消除了对他们生活中那段不愉快的时光的回忆。What's the matter? You look as though you've just seen a ghost (= very shocked)!出什么事了？你看上去就像刚见了鬼一样。(infml) He hasn't got a/the ghost of a chance of (= it's not possible he will be) getting the money from his father.他绝不可能从他父亲那拿到钱。To give up the ghost is to die or to stop working.死，停止运转Our TV has given up the ghost.我们的电视机彻底坏了。A ghost ship is an imaginary ship.想象中的船A ghost story is frightening story about ghosts and their activities.鬼故事A ghost town is a town or city that in the past was successful and rich and is now poor with fewer people living there and empty buildings.（一度繁荣过的）被废弃的城镇A ghost train is an entertainment for adults and children, which involves moving in a vehicle through a set of exciting and frightening experiences.鬼魂列车（一种惊险的娱乐设施）"The ghost in the machine (= a spiritual mind in a mechanical body)" (the philosopher Gilbert Ryle in the book The Concept of Mind, 1949)“机器里的灵魂”（哲学家吉尔伯特·赖尔的书《精神概念》） Imaginary creatures
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