phantom

[US]/ˈfæntəm/
[UK]/ˈfæntəm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 幽灵;幻影;虚位
adj. 幻觉的;幽灵的;有名无实的
Word Forms
复数phantoms

Phrases & Collocations

phantom limb

[医]幻肢

Example Sentences

the phantom of things past

往事的影子

He is only a phantom of a king.

他只是有名无实的国王。

a phantom who haunts lonely roads.

经常在荒野路上出没的鬼魂。

phantom employees on the payroll.

薪水册上不存在的雇员

a series of phantom withdrawals from cash machines.

提款机上一连串不明身份的取款。

She was entering the masses with the phantom of a future Utopia.

她正用未来的乌托邦幻想来吸引群众。

I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.

我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她, 好像她是一个幽灵。

the centrist and conservative parties were mere phantoms in 1943.

中间党派和保守党派在1943年不过是些幽灵。

he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality.

他尽力从头脑中清除幻觉,弄清现实。

he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts.

他把一笔估计有150万英镑的款子转移到了虚假账户上。

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