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ghost n.幽灵；鬼魂n.[计]美国赛门铁克公司旗下的硬盘备份还原工具 (1) 小小幽灵飞走了。(2) 那鬼魂已经祛除，不会再回来缠著你了。(3) 他吓得直哆嗦，就好像看见了鬼一样。(4) 我看到的不可能是鬼－－一定是幻想的东西吧。 Throughout history, the idea that a person's soul or spirit can remain visible after her death has been common. Some of us long to see the ghost of a loved relative, while others are terrified of the very idea. From this main idea, the word ghost has also come to mean the hint or shade of something: "The ghost of a smile remained on her lips." The Old English root is gast, "spirit," and also "breath."

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英 [ɡəʊst] 美 [ɡoʊst] (1) The teeny tiny ghost flies away.(2) The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again.(3) He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost.(4) I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination. A ghost is the spirit of a person who's died. In most stories and myths, ghosts are pale, translucent, and wispy. 1[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。2[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3[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。4[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。5[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。6[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。

英语单词	ghost
英美音标	英 [ɡəʊst] 美 [ɡoʊst]
中文释义	n.幽灵；鬼魂 n.[计]美国赛门铁克公司旗下的硬盘备份还原工具
英语例句	(1) The teeny tiny ghost flies away. (2) The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again. (3) He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost. (4) I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination.
中文例句	(1) 小小幽灵飞走了。 (2) 那鬼魂已经祛除，不会再回来缠著你了。 (3) 他吓得直哆嗦，就好像看见了鬼一样。 (4) 我看到的不可能是鬼－－一定是幻想的东西吧。
vocabulary简明	A ghost is the spirit of a person who's died. In most stories and myths, ghosts are pale, translucent, and wispy.
vocabulary扩展	Throughout history, the idea that a person's soul or spirit can remain visible after her death has been common. Some of us long to see the ghost of a loved relative, while others are terrified of the very idea. From this main idea, the word ghost has also come to mean the hint or shade of something: "The ghost of a smile remained on her lips." The Old English root is gast, "spirit," and also "breath."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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 3 [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。 4 [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。 5 [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。 6 [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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