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

• 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 extraordinary decision by the European Central Bank to purchase government bonds raises the spectre of inflation.
  欧洲央行（ecb）购买国债的特别决定，引发了对通胀的忧虑。
• First, the economic growth that is a necessary condition for rising incomes is threatened by the spectre of secular stagnation and deflation.
  首先，长期停滞和通缩的幽灵正在威胁经济增长，而经济增长正是收入提高的必要条件。
• My spectre shall come at him, like black smoke.
  我的鬼魂会像黑烟一样向他扑去。
• 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。
• China has slain its inflation demon for now, but in the process it has inflicted considerable damage on the broader economy and raised the spectre of a more serious growth slowdown.
  中国已暂时杀死了通胀恶魔，但在遏制通胀过程中，整体经济遭受了显著损害，有可能引发一场更严重的增长放缓。
• 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。
• 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。
• One felt that the chief of this barricade was a geometrician or a spectre.
  我们感到这个街垒的首领是一个几何学家或一个鬼怪。
• Risk aversion increased dramatically yesterday as the spectre of tighter Chinese policy and its potential impact on the global recovery and fresh concerns about the outlook for the US financial sector unsettled the markets 'mood.
  市场上的风险厌恶情绪昨日急剧增加。中国政策趋紧的阴影和其对全球经济复苏的潜在影响、以及投资者对美国金融业前景产生的新的担忧，扰乱了市场气氛。