phantom

1. N-COUNT A phantom is a ghost. 幽灵

They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms. 他们像两个幽灵似的下楼不见了。

2. ADJ You use phantom to describe something that you think you experience but that is not real. 幻觉的[ADJ n]

...phantom pregnancies. …精神性假妊娠。

3. ADJ Phantom is used to describe business organizations, agreements, or goods that do not really exist, but that someone pretends do exist in order to cheat people. (企业、协议或商品等) 有名无实的[ADJ n]

A phantom trading scheme at a Wall Street investment bank went unnoticed for three years. 一家华尔街投资银行的虚构的交易方案历经3年都未被察觉。