[N-COUNT 可数名词]鬼；幽灵 A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.
[oft N of n]
...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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（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.
[N of n]
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
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[N-SING 单数名词]一丝；一点 If there is a ghost of something, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists.
[N of n]
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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[be V-ed]
[V n]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
[v PHR]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]（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.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
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ghost/ɡəʊst; NAmEɡoʊst/
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ghostghostsghostedghostingnoun1[countable ]the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear 鬼；鬼魂；幽灵◆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回来缠绕她的她父亲的幽灵◆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。2[countable ]the memory of sth, especially sth bad （尤指可怕事物的）记忆，回忆◆The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.反犹主义在欧洲仍然阴魂不散。3[singular ]ghostof sth a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists 隐约的一点点；（某物残留的）一丝，一点◆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。4[singular ]a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault （电视屏幕上的）重影IDIOMgive up the ˈghost1to die 死2( humorous) (of a machine 机器)to stop working 报废；不能运转；完蛋◆My car finally gave up the ghost.我的汽车终于报废了。☞more at
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ghostwrite
2[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( literary) to move without making a sound 悄悄地行进◆They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.他们悄悄地航行在平静的河水上。ghost/ɡəʊst; NAmEɡoʊst/
1spirit the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a placeghost of the ghost of Old Tom Morris They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house. He looked as if he’d seen a ghost (=he looked very frightened). →
Holy Ghost
2memory/effect the memory or effect of someone or something bad that lived, existed, or happened in the pastghost of The ghost of Stalinism still affects life in Russia today.3the ghost of a smile/sound etc a smile etc that is so slight you are not sure it happened: The ghost of a smile flitted across her sad features.4television/computer a second image that is not clear on a television or computer screen5give up the ghosta)if a machine gives up the ghost, it does not work anymore and cannot be repaired – used humorously: Unfortunately, my car’s just given up the ghost.b)to die6(not) a ghost of a chance not even a slight chance of doing something, or of something happening: They don’t stand a ghost of a chance of winning.THESAURUSghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: · His ghost is believed to haunt the house.spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost: · evil spirits· the spirit worldapparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time: · He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around: · The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.spook informal a ghost: · I’m not scared of spooks.phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person: · They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.spectre British English, specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one: · She had looked like a spectre.· The following night, the spectre appeared again.
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