spectre

英 [ˈspektə(r)]

美 [ˈspektər]

n.  恐惧; 恐慌; 忧虑; 鬼; 幽灵

复数：spectres　

TEM8

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

• The spectre of a global food crisis has reared its head again.
  全球粮食危机的幽灵再次来袭。
• The reactions of some western countries to successive currency and energy disorders have resurrected the spectre of autarky.
  某些西方国家对接连发生的货币与能源方面失调的反应又使自给自足政策的幽灵复活了。
• 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。
• 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 unemployment was always on his mind.
  他心头一直萦绕着可能失业的恐惧感。
• The spectre of civil war is haunting the country.
  内战的魔影正威胁着该国。
• The arrival of warm weather raises the spectre of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
  天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗。
• The unprecedented explosion of the US fiscal deficit raises the spectre of high future inflation.
  美国财政赤字史无前例的爆炸性增长，加大了未来出现高通胀的可能性。
• 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。
• A spectre is haunting Europe the spectre of sovereign default.
  欧洲正被一个幽灵缠身：那就是主权违约的幽灵。