specter

英 ['spektə(r)]

美 ['spektər]

n.  同“spectre”

GRE

COCA.28314

英英释义

noun

• a mental representation of some haunting experience
  1. he looked like he had seen a ghost
  2. it aroused specters from his past
  Synonym:ghostshadespookwraithspectre
• a ghostly appearing figure
  1. we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
  Synonym:apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmafantasmspectre

双语例句

• The specter of self-destruction can be ended only with the abrogation of the U.S.
  自我毁灭的幽灵只有在废除美国&日本安全条约下才有可能安息。
• The specter of overpopulation casts its pall over the access of new life anyway;
  人口过度膨胀的恐慌给新生命的诞生蒙上了阴影。
• Pretty soon the specter of another economic downturn was causing turbulence.
  很快，经济可能再度下滑的担忧引发了市场动荡。
• That along with rising oil prices and the specter of a global credit crunch is changing the picture.
  再加上油价高企和全球信贷市场收缩的挤压，全球增长前景足可堪优。
• The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
  关于进一步裁减的消息让人们担心会再次裁员。
• He'll also be trailing the specter of rising protectionism in america.
  他也是美国的贸易保护主义幽灵。
• The specter of loneliness and its share of frustrations are so many arrows that mystifies love in imprisoning life.
  幽灵的孤独和沮丧，有这么多的箭头迷惑的爱终身监禁。
• A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
  下凡的神仙超自然力的灵魂；
• The specter of the murdered man haunted the house.
  被谋杀男人的幽魂出没于这间房子的周遭。
• The terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.
  内战的可怕阴影再一次笼罩这个国家。