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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 a global food crisis has reared its head again.
  全球粮食危机的幽灵再次来袭。
• 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。