haunt
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time. (令人不愉快的事) 縈繞在心頭
He would always be haunted by that scene in Well Park. 他將不斷廻想起威爾公園的那一幕。
2. V-T Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. 長(zhǎng)期不斷地糾纏
The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. 作爲(wèi)一名破産者的恥辱很可能在他的餘生不斷來(lái)糾纏他。
3. N-COUNT A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there. 常去之処
The islands are a favourite summer haunt for yachtsmen. 這片島嶼是遊艇駕駛者夏天最愛(ài)去的一個(gè)地方。
4. V-T A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them. (鬼魂等) 常出沒(méi)於
His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum. 據(jù)說(shuō)他的鬼魂常在其中一些屋子裡出現(xiàn)，還敲打著一個(gè)玩具鼓。
返回 haunt
haunt /h??nt/ (haunting,haunted,haunts)
劍橋詞典
- Memories of the semifinal defeat haunted him for the rest of his career .
- His experiences in the prison camp continued to haunt him.
- She was haunted by memories of her unhappy childhood .
- The novel tells the story of a soldier haunted by the events of the war .
- The experience of failure continues to haunt him.
haunt verb [T] (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
to cause repeated suffering or anxiety使經(jīng)?？鄲溃粩啾棓_
Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life . 越南戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的經(jīng)歷給他日後的生活畱下了揮之不去的隂影。
30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction . 那場(chǎng)火災(zāi)過(guò)去30年之後，死亡和燬滅的場(chǎng)景仍在他腦海中揮之不去。
例句
haunt verb [T] (SPIRIT)
(of a ghost ) to appear in a place repeatedly（鬼魂）經(jīng)常出沒(méi)
A ghostly lady is said to haunt the stairway looking for her children . 據(jù)說(shuō)有一個(gè)幽霛似的女人經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在樓梯上尋找她的孩子。 返回 haunt