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

——Interstellar

从孩子出生开始父母就成为了他们的幽灵。

——《星际穿越》

一、下面我们来看看ghost有几种含义

n.

1.鬼；鬼魂；幽灵 [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.

他一点不像幽灵，而像一个发痴的父亲。

 

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

3.[sing.](ghost of sth.)隐约的一点点；（某物残留的）一丝，一点 [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.

他的内心深处涌起了一阵残余的温情，就象一堆灰烬里遗留的火星一样。

 

4.[sing.]（电视屏幕上的）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) 代人写作，为人捉刀；代笔 [I,T] ghostwrite

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

他被雇来替一著名的官员代笔写自传。

 

2.【文】悄悄地行进 [I] to haunt like a ghost

二、含有ghost的常见短语

ghost town

n. 城市的废墟

 

ghost word

n. 别字

 

ghost dance

n. 鬼魂舞

 

三、最后，来做个填词游戏吧

He loaded his friends up with _____ stories.

他向朋友大讲鬼故事。