phantom /ˈfæntəm/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A phantom is a ghost. 幽灵

  例：

  They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms.

  他们像两个幽灵似的下楼不见了。

• 2. 

  ADJ You use phantom to describe something that you think you experience but that is not real. 幻觉的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...phantom pregnancies.

  …精神性假妊娠。

• 3. 

  ADJ Phantom is used to describe business organizations, agreements, or goods that do not really exist, but that someone pretends do exist in order to cheat people. (企业、协议或商品等) 有名无实的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  A phantom trading scheme at a Wall Street investment bank went unnoticed for three years.

  一家华尔街投资银行的虚构的交易方案历经3年都未被察觉。