| 单词 | the ghost of —— present |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Ghost of —— Present g. In phrases alluding to the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843): (a) the Ghost of —— Past: a reminder of something from a time gone by; (b) the Ghost of —— Present: something that reveals the truth of a current situation; (c) the Ghost of —— Yet to Come (also Future): a warning of what may be set to happen in the future. ΚΠ 1952 Labour Monthly Feb. 66 This tale has made their hair curl with two visions: the Ghost of Hitler Past and the Ghost of Hitlers Yet to Come. 1990 Times 22 Mar. 27/2 What is really worrying the markets, however, is the ghost of Budgets future. 1992 J. Kelman Some Recent Attacks 1 So the Workers' City group was presented as an unpatriotic bunch of philistines, the ghost of Stalinist past and workerist future. 2019 Sc. Farmer (Nexis) Dec. The Ghost of Farming Present—Political chaos, wild weather, 24-hour social media and the burden of poor diets mean that many farmers can be forgiven for feeling bewildered and uncertain which way to turn. < as lemmas |
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