haunt

/hɔːnt/ v.
标准词条 CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

萦绕在……心头；长期困扰

释义与例句

v. 萦绕在……心头；长期困扰
to keep coming into someone's mind, especially as a disturbing memory, thought or fear
  1. The memory of the accident still haunts her.
    那场事故的记忆仍然萦绕在她心头。
  2. A fear of failure haunted him throughout his early career.
    对失败的恐惧在他职业生涯早期一直困扰着他。
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  1. The question of why the ship sank continues to haunt historians.
    这艘船为何沉没的问题一直困扰着历史学家。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 be haunted by 后常接 memories、the past、fear 等，表示“被……长期困扰”。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • haunted 闹鬼的；受困扰的
    可形容房屋“闹鬼”，也可形容人长期受痛苦记忆困扰。
  • haunting 萦绕心头的；难以忘怀的
    形容词，常形容音乐、画面或记忆凄美而令人难忘。
同义词
  • trouble 使烦恼；困扰
    trouble 泛指使担心或烦恼；haunt 强调痛苦记忆、念头或恐惧反复出现，难以摆脱。
    The same ethical question troubled the committee for months. 同一个伦理问题困扰了委员会数月。
常见搭配
  • be haunted by the past 被过去困扰
    He remained haunted by the past despite his later success. 尽管后来取得了成功，他仍被过去所困扰。
  • haunt somebody for years 困扰某人多年
    The image of the burning building haunted her for years. 那栋建筑起火的画面困扰了她多年。
  • memories haunt somebody 记忆萦绕某人心头
    Painful memories still haunt many survivors of the conflict. 痛苦的记忆仍萦绕在许多冲突幸存者心头。