ghostwriter

IPA/ˈɡəʊstraɪtə(r)/
IPA/ˈɡəʊstraɪtər/

ghostwriter — 名詞

  • ghostwritersingular
  • ghostwritersplural

1. a professional writer whose name is deliberately kept off the finished work, whi

1.名詞B2
釋義

代筆作家

受僱撰寫作品但由他人掛名發表的作者

a professional writer whose name is deliberately kept off the finished work, which instead appears under the name of the person who hired them, often a celebrity or well-known figure

例句

The former politician hired a ghostwriter to produce his autobiography before the election.

那位前任政治人物在選舉前聘請了一名代筆作家為他撰寫自傳。

hire a ghostwriter to produce [text]

Ada, a ghostwriter for a tech CEO, writes blog posts under her boss's name.

Ada 擔任科技公司執行長的代筆作家，以老闆的名義撰寫部落格文章。

as a ghostwriter for [person], write [text] under [name]

同義詞
  • co-writer

    shares authorship credit openly, unlike a ghostwriter whose role is hidden

  • wordsmith

    more general term for any skilled writer; does not imply hidden credit

  • hack writer

    more negative connotation; suggests lower-quality or purely commercial writing

反義詞
  • author

    the person whose name appears on the finished work

用法筆記

Commonly paired with verbs like 'hire', 'work as', and 'act as'. Unlike a 'co-writer', who shares credit openly, a ghostwriter's contribution is intentionally kept hidden from the public.

常見錯誤

❌He works as a ghostwriter for his own book.
✅He used a ghostwriter for his book.
💡A ghostwriter writes for someone else, not for themselves.
❌She is a ghostwriter for the novel she wrote.
✅She was hired as a ghostwriter for the novel.
💡The credited author is a different person from the ghostwriter.