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 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• My spectre shall come at him, like black smoke.
  我的鬼魂会像黑烟一样向他扑去。
• This imbalance, which is common in towns across Guangdong's manufacturing heartland, has raised the spectre of mass unemployment and social unrest as the global financial crisis damps consumer demand in China's key export markets.
  这种失衡局面在整个广东省制造业中心地带的城镇都十分普遍。随着全球金融危机遏制了中国关键出口市场的消费者需求，这种失衡加剧了人们对于大规模失业和社会动荡的忧虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the spectre of Hong Kong is back.
  但香港的幽灵又回来了。
• 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。