ghosting
noun[U]
uk/ˈɡəʊ.stɪŋ/us/ˈɡoʊ.stɪŋ/ghostingnoun[U](WRITING FOR SOMEONE)
(alsoghostwriting)
theactivityof writingbooks,articles, etc. for anotherpersontopublishundertheirownname:
代笔写（书、文章等），作为影子写手代写He hadcommissionedthe ghosting of hisautobiography.他曾委托影子写手写自传。
Ghosting is a newdirectionfor anestablishedauthor.对于成熟的作者来说，为他人代笔是一个新的发展方向。
- Somewritersmightdecideto take up ghosting.
- Heworkedon the ghosting of the general's bestsellingautobiography.
- How did hereactto thebookghostingclaims?
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- put/set pencil to paperidiom
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- rekeyboard
- scribble
- touch-type
- writ
- writing
ghostingnoun[U](STOPPING COMMUNICATION)
a way ofendingarelationshipwith someonesuddenlybystoppingallcommunicationwith them:
（为分手而）突然消失，玩失踪Itfeelsterribleto be avictimof ghosting.自己的恋人突然玩失踪是一种可怕的伤害。
Ghosting is onebreak-uptrendthat I will neverunderstand.突然玩消失我永远无法理解的一种分手潮流。
- Ghosting is a way ofsplittingup with someone oravoidinggoing on anotherdate.
- Sending abreak-uptextisbetterthan ghosting.
- Ghosting canhappento anyone.
Relationships: ending & divorce
- affiliation order
- annul
- annulment
- breaksomethingup
- bust up
- child support
- chuck
- dump
- ghost
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- givesomeonethe pushidiom
- go off withsomeone
- grow apart
- heave-ho
- run out onsomeone/something
- separate
- separation
- split up
- throw
- throwsomeoneover
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Neglecting and ignoring
ghostingnoun[U](UNCLEAR IMAGE)
theappearanceof acopyof animageover thetopof theoriginalimage, withoutcoveringitexactly,especiallyon ascreenorphotograph:
（屏幕或照片上的）叠影，重影There were nocommondefectslikestreakingand ghosting with thisscreen.这块屏幕没有出现条纹或重影这样的常见缺陷。
Theslowexposuretimeresultedinblurringand ghosting.曝光时间慢造成了模糊和重影。
- Ghosting is theappearanceof shadow-likeimageson thescreen.
- High-definitionvideowassharper, but stillshowedsome ghosting.
- Themoonhad six to eightoverlappingcopies, adistortioncalled ghosting.
Indistinct & invisible
- blur
- blurrily
- blurry
- fuzzily
- fuzziness
- fuzzy
- gauzily
- imperceptible
- inconspicuous
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- melt
- melt (away) intosomething
- not see hide nor hair ofsomeoneidiom
- smudged
- super-subtle
- unapparent
- unclear
- unfocused
- vague
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