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单词 ghost-write
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ghost-writev.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊs(t)rʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t)ˌraɪt/
Inflections: Past tense ghost-wrote; past participle ghost-written;
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ghost n., write v.
Etymology: < ghost n. + write v., after ghostwriter n. and ghost-written adj. Compare earlier ghost v. 4. Compare also ghostwriting n.
1. intransitive To write an article, book, etc., for another person, under whose name it is then published. Cf. ghost v. 4.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > follow occupation of writer [verb (intransitive)] > write as hack
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1927 Editor & Publisher 18 June 9/1 When he isn't ghost-writing [he] is a member of the European staff of the New York Times.
2021 menafn.com (Nexis) 8 Jan. Before getting into producing his music, he ghost-wrote for CWA—Creative Writers Agency.
2. transitive. To write (an article, book, etc.) for another person, under whose name it is then published.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > write as hack
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1930 China Press (Shanghai) 27 Nov. 15/1 Reformed gunmen who want somebody to ghost-write their confessions.
1935 Liberty 19 Jan. 29/1 Rains, a poor editorialist on a small radical paper, is offered a large salary to ghost-write pacifist propaganda.
1951 P. G. Wodehouse Old Reliable iii. 40 I'm ghostwriting the story of her life.
2005 Writer's Mag. Sept. 12/2 Other opportunities open to more experienced writers include..ghostwriting feature articles for experts who need to write for a specialist market; but who neither have the time nor the writing skill to do so.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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