幽靈：ghost的用法綜述

Once you're a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future.

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——Interstellar

從孩子出生開始父母就成爲了他們的幽靈。

——《星際穿越》

一、下面我們來看看ghost有幾種含義

n.

1.鬼；鬼魂；幽靈 [C] the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear

He did not look like a ghost, more like someone's dotty father.

他一點不像幽靈，而像一個發癡的父親。

2.（尤指可怕事物的）記憶，回憶 [C] the memory of sth, especially sth bad

3.[sing.](ghost of sth.)隱約的一點點；（某物殘留的）一絲，一點 [C] a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists

There stirred far down within him the ghost of warmth, as from sparks lingering beneath a mound of flaky ash.

他的內心深處涌起了一陣殘餘的溫情，就象一堆灰燼裏遺留的火星一樣。

4.[sing.]（電視屏幕上的）重影 [C] a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault

v.

1.(= ghost write) 代人寫作，爲人捉刀；代筆 [I,T] ghostwrite

He was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.

他被僱來替一著名的官員代筆寫自傳。

2.【文】悄悄地行進 [I] to haunt like a ghost

二、含有ghost的常見短語

ghost town

n. 城市的廢墟

ghost word

n. 別字

ghost dance

n. 鬼魂舞

三、最後，來做個填詞遊戲吧

He loaded his friends up with _____ stories.

他向朋友大講鬼故事。