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VERB
(不愉快的事)縈繞在心頭,纏繞
If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time.
例句
The decision to leave her children now haunts her...
拋下孩子們的決定現在總讓她不安。
He would always be haunted by that scene in Well Park.
他永遠無法擺脫威爾公園里的那一幕。
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VERB
長期困擾
Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time.
例句
The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life.
破產的恥辱可能會讓他余生不得安寧。
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N-COUNT
常去的地方
A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there.
例句
The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French yachtsmen alike.
海峽群島是英國和法國的帆船運動愛好者夏日最愛去的地方。
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VERB
(鬼魂等)常出沒于
A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them.
例句
His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
據說他的鬼魂經常敲著玩具鼓出沒在其中的一些房間里。