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ghost town

n.城市的废墟

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ghost town


town whose former inhabitants have all left 废弃的城镇.

ghost town


'ghost town
n[C]
a town that used to have a lot of people living and working in it, but now has very few or none
1. Everyone went to the funeral, for the ´ghost´ was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.
    大家都去参加了葬礼,因为那"鬼"不是别人,正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人们以为埃里克年轻时就死了。

2. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
    即使他也仍存有幻觉,好像乡村生活就是比城市生活优越。

3. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
    每年的花园竞赛我也参加,但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖!

4. Eighteen days after the world´s first heart-transplant operation, Washkansky died of pneumonia at his hospital in Cape Town.
    因为在这次世界首例心脏移植手术后的第十八天,沃什坎斯基在开普顿的一家医院里因肺炎而死去。

5. Elegantly dressed women of the town called to see the young men.
    镇上穿着优雅的妇女前来看望这两个年轻人。

6. Everyone should agree on a meeting point outside of the area — perhaps in a town several miles away.
    大家应该商定一个地震区外的会合点——可能是在几英里外的某个市镇。

7. But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town,
    而是父亲曾详细给我讲了,在过了离故乡最近的那个小镇后,在每一个路标处可见到些什么。

8. When the soldiers captured the town , they massacred all the inhabitants.
    士兵攻占这座小城时,屠杀了所有居民。

9. What is the town´s program for building a new school?
    这个城市建造学校的计划怎么样了?

10. Was it a real person you saw or a ghost?
    你看见的是真人还是鬼?

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