phantom

架空の、実在しない

存在するように見えるが、実際にはそこにない。

やさしい英語で： Seeming to exist or be present, although it is not actually there.

• The company listed phantom employees.
• He felt phantom pain in his missing hand.
• Investigators found payments to several phantom suppliers.

類義語： nonexistent, imaginary, fictitious

反対語： real

よく使う表現： phantom limb, phantom pain, phantom employee

幽霊、幻影

実体がないのに現れたように見える幽霊や不思議な姿。

やさしい英語で： A ghost, or a strange figure that seems to appear but is not physically there.

• A phantom appeared in the hall.
• She believed the castle was haunted by a phantom.
• The pale phantoms vanished as the sun rose.

類義語： ghost, apparition

よく使う表現： a pale phantom, phantom of someone, a mysterious phantom