phantom

phantom
noun

a ghost
幽灵，鬼魂
a phantom who haunts lonely roads.
经常在荒野路上出没的鬼魂。
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。
[as modifier]a phantom ship.
鬼船。
■a figment of the imagination
幻象，幻觉
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。
[as modifier]the women suffered from phantom pain that no physician could ever find.
那些妇女有疼痛的幻觉，医生却一直无法确诊。
■[as modifier]denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes but which does not really exist
（为诈骗而捏造的）财务安排，金融交易
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。
■[as modifier]denoting something, especially something illegal, that is done by an unknown person
不明身份的人做的（尤指非法的事）
a series of phantom withdrawals from cash machines.
提款机上一连串不明身份的取款。

语源

Middle English (also in the sense 'illusion, delusion'): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm)

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