haunt
英 /hɔːnt/ 美 /hɔːnt/
- v. 使萦绕心头；不断困扰to keep returning to someone's mind and causing distress
- v. 鬼魂出没于for a ghost to appear repeatedly in a place
- n. 常去的地方a place someone visits frequently
That embarrassing mistake still haunts me before every presentation.
每次做报告前，那个令人尴尬的错误仍会困扰我。
The consequences of poor urban planning can haunt communities long after the original decisions are made.
糟糕的城市规划所带来的后果，可能在最初决策作出很久之后仍困扰社区。
搭配
be haunted by memories 被回忆困扰haunt an old house 在老房子里出没a favourite haunt 最爱常去的地方
辨析提示
作动词直接接宾语；be haunted by表示受困扰。
词族
haunted (adj.)、haunting (adj.)
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