ghost

[gəust]

n.幽灵, 鬼魂
v.(像鬼一样)出没, 代笔
n.代笔者

n.

1. 鬼, 幽灵[C]

2. 代笔人, 捉刀者[C]

3. (电视上的)双重图像[C]

4. 一点点, 一丝[the S][(+of)]

I haven't a ghost of a chance of getting the job.

我毫无可能得到这份工作。

5. 瘦得像鬼一样的人; 脸色苍白的人

vt.

1. 鬼魂般缠住; 作祟于

2. 【口】替……捉刀

It was he who ghosted the general's memoirs.

那位将军的回忆录是他代笔的。

vi.

【口】替人代笔

He is ghosting for a movie star.

他在替一位电影明星捉刀。

词形变化

形容词: ghosty | 动词过去式: ghosted | 动词过去分词: ghosted | 动词现在分词: ghosting | 动词第三人称单数: ghosts |

词义辨析

同义:

n.鬼, 幽灵

spirit  specter  phantom  spook  apparition  

同义参见:

shade  vision  vapor  hobgoblin  soul  

英英释义

名词 ghost:

a mental representation of some haunting experience

同义词：shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

同义词：ghostwriter

the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

a suggestion of some quality

同义词：touch, trace

动词 ghost:

move like a ghost

haunt like a ghost; pursue

同义词：haunt, obsess

write for someone else

同义词：ghostwrite

短语词组

give up the ghost

1. 死

He gave up the ghost.

他死了。

the/a ghost of a chance

1. 一丝机会

I haven't got the ghost of a chance of beating you.

我根本就没有赢你的机会。

补充

ghostghost英:[ɡəust] 美:[ɡost]n.1.鬼, 幽灵Do you believe in ghosts?你相信有鬼吗?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。

例句

1. I don't believe in ghosts.我不信鬼怪。 2. The ghost of his former life rose up before him.过往生活的回忆浮现在他的眼前。 3. 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。 4. the ghost of anti-Americanism反美主义的幽灵 5. He gave the ghost of a smile.他露出一丝浅笑。 6. The sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the northwest.阳光很温暖, 刮着一丝西北风。 7. Some firms give up the ghost before they manage to make a profit.有些公司在实现盈利之前就放弃不干了。 8. The battery in my car gave up the ghost.我汽车的电池报废了。 9. My car finally gave up the ghost and I had to walk to work.我的车最终抛锚了, 我只好走着去上班。 10. He gave up the ghost.他死了。 11. He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.他根本不可能把房子卖出去。 12. They did not have a ghost of a chance of winning.他们没有一丝获胜的可能。 13. a ghost worker影子工人 14. Last night my house was ghosted.昨晚我房子里闹鬼了。 15. He ghosted into the penalty area.他悄没声儿地走进罚球区。 16. The three youths ghosted out from a narrow alleyway.三个年轻人悄无声息地从一条窄巷里溜了出来。 17. the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk.这座楼里常有一个和尚的鬼魂出没。 18. the Flying Dutchman is the most famous ghost ship.“空中荷兰人”是最有名的幻影船。 19. she gave the ghost of a smile.她脸上露出一丝微笑。 20. his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist.他的回忆录是由一位记者不露痕迹地代笔的。 21. they ghosted up the river.他们沿河向上游平稳轻松地滑行。 22. I don't believe in ghosts.我不相信鬼魂之说。 23. a ghost story鬼故事 24. a house haunted by ghosts鬼魂萦绕的房子 25. He looks like he's just seen a ghost. [=he looks frightened]他那样子就像见了鬼似的。 26. She is still haunted by the ghosts of her past. [=she is still troubled by bad memories of the past]她仍被过去的回忆所困扰。 27. I thought I detected the ghost of a smile [=a very faint smile] on her lips.我想我觉察到了她嘴角上的一丝笑意。 28. He doesn't have/stand a ghost of a chance of winning. [=he has no chance of winning]他丝毫没有赢的机会。 29. After years of service my car finally gave up the ghost.使用多年之后，我的车终于报废了。 30. She ghosted the mayor's autobiography.她为市长的自传代笔。