ghost
英[ɡəʊst] 美[ɡoʊst]
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"
"it aroused specters from his past"
"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"
"he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
"The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
"Fear of illness haunts her"
"How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"
1.鬼;幽灵
Aghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.
e.g. ...theghost of Marie Antoinette...
玛丽·安托瓦妮特的幽灵
e.g. 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。
2.(尤指对可怕事物的)记忆,回忆
Theghost of something, especially of something bad that has happened, is the memory of it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...theghost of economic mismanagement.
经济管理不善的梦魇
3.一丝;一点
If there is aghost of something, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists.
e.g. He gave theghost of a smile...
他露出一丝微笑。
e.g. The sun was warm and there was just aghost of a breeze from the north-west.
阳光和煦,仅有一丝西北风轻轻吹拂。
4.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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
5.没有一点(成功的)可能;机会渺茫
If someonedoes not stand ordoes not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it.
e.g. He doesn't stand aghost of a chance of selling the house.
那房子他根本不可能卖得出去。
6.(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.
e.g. Some firms give up theghost before they find what they are looking for...
一些公司没等找到目标便已放弃。
e.g. The battery in my car gave up theghost.
我的汽车电池报废了。
1.ghost:global horizontal sounding technique; 全球水平探测技术
The teeny tiny ghost flies away.
小小幽灵飞走了。
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。
He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost.
他吓得直哆嗦,就好像看见了鬼一样。
I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination.
我看到的不可能是鬼--一定是幻想的东西吧。
They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
他们无声地航行在平静的河水上。
My car finally gave up the ghost.
我的汽车终于报废了。
Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist) ?
你相信有鬼吗?
the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her
萦绕在她脑际的父亲的幽灵
He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened) .
他那副样子就像是见到鬼一样。
The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.
反犹主义在欧洲阴魂不散。
There was a ghost of a smile on his face.
他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。
You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance) .
你一点儿机会都没有。
...the ghost of Marie Antoinette...
玛丽·安托瓦妮特的幽灵
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。
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。
...the ghost of economic mismanagement.
经济管理不善的梦魇
He gave the ghost of a smile...
他露出一丝微笑。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
我的汽车电池报废了。
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
他好象见了鬼似的(很惊慌的样子).
How Dr. Sun's ghost would rebuke these unworthy followers of his!
孙先生在天之灵,真不知怎样责备这些不肖子孙呢!
He told me the ghost of his father appeared at his bedside.
他告诉我说他父亲的阴魂出现在他的床边.
The ghost of a smile played round her lips.
她嘴角露出一丝微笑.
It is a superstitious idea that the ghost can cast a living man under a spell.
鬼魂能迷住人是一种迷信的观念.
He looked so terrified that I thought he'd seen a ghost.
他看上去如此害怕,我以为他看见鬼了.
I thought I saw a ghost, but perhaps it was only a trick of the light.
我以为我看见鬼了, 但这大概不过是灯光在捉弄人.
He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ ghost ] .
他那副样子好像见到 鬼 了.
The ghost of a hanged poacher is said to haunt the manor house.
据说一个吊死的偷猎者的鬼魂常在这个庄园里出没.
It got a bIt'spooky when James started telling ghost stories.
詹姆斯开始讲鬼故事的时候,有点让人汗毛直竖.
He hadn't the ghost of an idea whether we could get through the Boche wire.
出自:S. SassoonA ghost of a smile hovered on Mrs Swallow's lips.
出自:D. LodgeClarke..ghosted his way past three tackles across midfield.
出自:G. GreenHis empty boat..was found later ghosting along by itself.
出自:I. Murdoch