单词 | ghost |
释义 | ghost UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] noun SPIRIT 鬼魂 ADVANCED countable ■the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person, which some people believe appears to people who are alive 鬼,幽灵 •Do you believe in •The gardens are said to be haunted UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] noun MEMORY 记忆 only singular literary ■a memory, usually of something or someone bad (通常指对不好的事或人的)记忆,回忆;摆脱不掉的往事 •The ghost of UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] noun give up the ghost ■to die 死 humorous ■If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working (机器)坏了,不能运作,完蛋 •We've had the same TV for over ten years and it's just given up the ghost.我们一台电视用了十年多,刚刚才坏了。 ■to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed 放弃…;对…绝望•All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost.我自童年起所珍惜的一切都被夺走了,我只好放弃。 UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] noun look like/as though you've seen a ghost ■to look very shocked (某人)看上去非常震惊 •Whatever's the matter? You look as though you've just seen a ghost!到底怎么啦,看你一副惊魂未定的样子! UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] noun not have a/the ghost of a chance informal ■to have no chance at all 毫无机会 •They haven't got a ghost of a chance of UK [gəʊst] US [goʊst] verb transitive (also ghost-write) ■to write a book or article etc. for another person, so that they can pretend it is their own or use it themselves 为…代笔,给…做枪手,替…当捉刀人 •His autobiography was ghosted.他的自传是别人代写的。 |
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