4VERB 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. 代人写作;为人代笔
I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail. [beVERB-ed]
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. [VERB noun]
我为他代写《电讯报》每周的橄榄球专栏。
5PHRASE [with neg]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. 没有一点(成功的)可能;机会渺茫 [informal]
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。
6PHRASE [VERB inflects](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. (人)放弃,撂挑子;(机器)报废,不再运转 [informal]
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。
Quotations
Ghost stories appeal to our craving for immortality. If you can be afraid of a ghost, then you have to believe that a ghost may exist. And if a ghost exists then oblivion might not be the endStanley Kubrick
Even the living were only ghosts in the makingPat BarkerThe Ghost Road
VERB + GHOST | GHOST + VERB | GHOST + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + GHOST➤see見鬼◇You look as if you've seen a ghost!你看起來好像見了鬼似的!➤believe in相信鬼神◇I don't believe in ghosts.我不相信鬼神之說。➤conjure, invoke, summon念咒召鬼神顯靈;用法術召喚鬼神;召喚鬼神▸➤exorcize, lay to rest驅鬼◇A priest was called in to exorcize the ghost.請來了一個牧師驅鬼。GHOST + VERB➤appear, haunt sth, walk, wander幽靈出現;鬼怪出沒於⋯;鬼魂遊蕩◇dark, cold nights when ghosts walk鬼魂遊蕩的寒冷黑夜GHOST + NOUN➤story鬼故事PREPOSITION➤ghost of⋯的鬼魂◇The ghost of a hanged man is said to haunt the house.據說一個吊死者的鬼魂常在這所房子裏出沒。PHRASES➤as pale as a ghost, as white as a ghost臉色像死人一樣蒼白◇He looked as pale as a ghost.他面無人色。
ghost ♦︎ spirit ♦︎ apparitionThese are all words for an image of a person who is dead, especially one that a living person believes they can see or hear.这些词均表示鬼、鬼魂、幽灵,尤指活人相信可以看到或听到的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to see a ghost / a spirit / an apparition◆a ghost / a spirit / an apparition haunts sth◆a ghost / spirit appears■ghost gəʊst; NAmEgoʊst [countable] an image of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear鬼,鬼魂,幽灵(活人相信可以看到或听到)◆Do you believe in ghosts(= believe that they exist)?你相信有鬼吗?◆It was the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her.是她父亲的幽灵回来缠住了她。◆He looked as if he had seen a ghost(= looked very frightened).他看上去像见到鬼似的。◆We used to sit around the campfire telling ghost stories.我们过去经常围坐在营火旁讲鬼故事。■spirit [countable] the soul thought of as separate from the body and believed to live on after death(死后依然存在的)灵魂,鬼魂,幽灵◆He is dead, but his spirit lives on.他死了,但他的灵魂将永存。◆It was believed that people could be possessed by evil spirits.从前,人们相信人有可能被恶鬼缠身。 see also spirit ⇨ mindnoun■apparitionˌæpəˈrɪʃn [countable] (ratherformal, especiallywritten) a ghost or image of a dead person that appears to sb(向某人显现的)鬼,鬼魂,幽灵◆Apparitions of a woman in white robes have been reported.有报道说有白衣女鬼显现。