| 单词 | the ghost of a person's former self |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe ghost of a person's (or thing's) former self b. the ghost of a person's (or thing's) former self: a weaker or inferior version of how a person (or thing) was previously. ΚΠ 1748 L. Pilkington Mem. I. 141 He came over to Ireland; but so pale and dejected, that he looked like the Ghost of his former self. 1835 Berks. Chron. 27 June Our Midsummer Fair on Saturday last was but the ghost of its former self. Some twenty or thirty years ago it was highly distinguished. 1975 J. Lees-Milne Diary 25 Nov. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 65 To my surprise she was sitting in an armchair beside her bed. Looking however the ghost of her former self. 2020 @AndreSobolewski 3 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Feb. 2021) The country will be laid to waste, its brilliant institutions becoming ghosts of their former selves. < as lemmas |
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