phantom
/ˈfæntəm/noun
1- a ghost幽灵, 鬼魂：
a phantom who haunts lonely roads.
经常在荒野路上出没的鬼魂
figurative 〈喻〉the centrist and conservative parties were mere phantoms in 1943
中间党派和保守党派在1943年不过是些幽灵
as modifier a phantom ship.鬼船。
1.1
- a figment of the imagination幻象, 幻觉：
he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality
他尽力从头脑中清除幻觉, 弄清现实
as modifier the women suffered from phantom pain that no physician could ever find.那些妇女有疼痛的幻觉, 医生却一直无法确诊。
1.2
- as modifier denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes but which does not really exist为诈骗而捏造的财务安排（或金融交易）：
he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into 'phantom' bank accounts.
他把一笔估计有150万英镑的款子转移到了虚假账户上。
1.3
- as modifier denoting something, especially something illegal, that is done by an unknown person不明身份的人做的（尤指非法的事）：
a series of phantom withdrawals from cash machines.
提款机上一连串不明身份的取款。
词源
Middle English （also in the sense 'illusion, delusion'）： from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma （see PHANTASM）.