spectre

英 [ˈspektə(r)]

美 [ˈspektər]

n.  恐惧; 恐慌; 忧虑; 鬼; 幽灵

复数：spectres　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11195 / COCA.26979

牛津词典

noun

• 恐惧；恐慌；忧虑
  something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future
  1. The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war.
     内战仿佛一触即发，举国上下一片恐慌。
  2. These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine.
     几星期来的干旱再次引起了群众对大饥荒的恐慌。
• 鬼；幽灵
  a ghost
  1. Was he a spectre returning to haunt her?
     是不是他的幽灵回来找她了？

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 specter


• N-COUNT 萦绕心头的恐惧
  If you refer to thespectre ofsomething unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur.
  1. Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action...
     无法就此事达成共识引起了人们对可能会诉诸法律手段的担忧。
  2. Like many others, Handford was relieved to see the spectre of 15% interest rates evaporate by the end of the day.
     和其他很多人一样，当看到15%的利率的阴霾随着那天的结束而散尽时，汉德福感到一阵欣慰。
• 鬼魂;幽灵;亡灵
  Aspectreis aghost.

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:ghostshadespookwraithspecter
• a ghostly appearing figure
  1. we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
  Synonym:apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmafantasmspecter

双语例句

• And it has raised the spectre of unrest across the whole of the North Caucasus.
  而且，它增加了北高加索地区的动荡程度。
• I am supreme commander of spectre.
  我是幽灵组织的最高领导人。
• The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being;
  幽灵显示出幽灵素有的反复无常，它偏偏不来！
• The spectre of civil war is haunting the country.
  内战的魔影正威胁着该国。
• A spectre of Japanese militarism is haunting Asia.
  一个倭国军国主义的幽灵在亚洲回荡。
• The spectre of sovereign default, therefore, has returned to the rich world.
  因此说，主权违约的幽灵已经在富裕国家重现。
• But it is in the paint that Americans see the spectre of their own 19th-century capitalism.
  但美国人在含铅油漆中看到了他们自己19世纪的资本主义。
• The spectre of neo-fascism, as he put it, was stalking the streets of Sofia and other big cities.
  用他的话来说，新法西斯主义的幽灵正在索非亚和其他大城市中游荡。
• The spectre of economic crisis is constantly haunting some countries.
  经济危机的幽灵一直在一些国家里游荡徘徊。
• This will avoid the looming spectre of Weimar economics.
  这将避开若隐若现的魏玛共和国经济学“幽灵”。