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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

haunting [ 'hɔntɪŋ] [ 'hɔːntɪŋ]
  1. 1. adjective 萦绕于心头的，不易忘怀的
    a haunting tune
    难忘的旋律

Collins English-English Dictionary

haunting ['hɔːntɪŋ]
  1. 1. adj (of memories) poignant or persistent
  2. 2. adj poignantly sentimental; enchantingly or eerily evocative
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Examples

a haunting tune
难忘的旋律 → haunting
内战的魔影正威胁着那个国家。
The spectre of civil war was haunting the country. → 魔影
他只是一时走背运, 却被这个算卦的人告知是有鬼神祸祟。
He was just unlucky for a while, but the fortune-teller said that there was some ghost haunting him. → 祸祟

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