ghost
/gəust; ɡost/ n
1 spirit of a dead person appearing to sb who is still living 鬼; 幽灵
The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel. 据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个礼拜堂出没.
I don't believe in ghosts, ie don't believe that they exist. 我不相信有鬼.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost, ie looked very frightened. 他那副惊骇的样子就像见到了鬼似的.
2 [sing] ~ of sth (fig 比喻) very faint, slight amount or trace of sth 某事物的一点点; 朦胧的痕迹; 隐约的一丝
The ghost of a smile (ie a very faint smile) played round her lips. 她嘴角上露著一丝微笑.
You haven't a ghost of a chance, ie You have no chance. 你毫无机会.
3 faint secondary image on a television screen （电视屏幕 上的）重影, 重像.
4 (idm 习语) give up the `ghost
(a) die 死.
(b) (joc 谑) fail to work or to make an effort 失效; 不能使用; 不再努力
The car seems to have given up the ghost. 看来这汽车算是报销了. lay a `ghost
(a) exorcise an evil spirit 驱除魔鬼
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.
(b) (infml 口) finally overcome a previous failure which seemed impossible to recover from 终於洗雪前次似无可挽回的失败
Her gold-medal victory laid the ghost of her shock defeat in the European Championships. 她在欧洲锦标赛中的惨败终因她夺得金牌的胜利而雪耻. ghost, v [Ipr, Tn]
~ (for) sb act as a ghost-writer for sb 给某人捉刀; 为人代笔
He ghosts for a number of sports personalities who `write' newspaper columns. 他给一些为报纸专栏｀写＇文章的体育界名人做捉刀人.
her ghosted memoirs, ie written by someone else 她那由别人代笔的回忆录.