haunt是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to cause repeated suffering or anxiety -- 使經常苦惱，不斷困擾

  • Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life. 越南戰爭的經歷給他日後的生活留下了揮之不去的陰影。

  • 30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction. 那場火災過去30年之後，死亡和毀滅的場景仍在他腦海中揮之不去。

• 1 (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly -- （鬼魂）經常出沒

  • A ghostly lady is said to haunt the stairway looking for her children. 據說有一個像幽靈似的女人經常出現在樓梯上尋找她的孩子。

• 2 a place often visited -- 常去的地方

  • This bar used to be one of your old haunts, didn't it, Jake? 這個酒吧你以前經常去，對不對，傑克？