specter

英 ['spektə(r)]

美 ['spektər]

n.  同“spectre”

GRE

COCA.28314

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

双语例句

• I see that behind the nobility of his gestures there lurks the specter of the ridiculousness of it all – that he is not only sublime, but absurd.
  我从他的高雅手势后看到一个荒谬的幽灵在徘徊&他不仅崇高，而且还荒谬。
• Gene-based anthropology also struggles with the specter of racism.
  以基因为基础的人类学，仍旧在与种族主义的幽灵进行斗争。
• The terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.
  内战的可怕阴影再一次笼罩这个国家。
• The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
  关于进一步裁减的消息让人们担心会再次裁员。
• The specter of the murdered man haunted the house.
  被谋杀男人的幽魂出没于这间房子的周遭。
• Raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; stir a disturbance.
  唤起失业的幽灵；唤起我的灵感；唤起骚动。
• Pretty soon the specter of another economic downturn was causing turbulence.
  很快，经济可能再度下滑的担忧引发了市场动荡。
• A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
  下凡的神仙超自然力的灵魂；
• The Al-Aqsa Brigade threatened revenge, raising the specter of an escalation of violence.
  阿克萨烈士旅威胁要进行报复，增加了暴力升级的可能。
• There is no denying that the specter of unemployment and want is constantly haunting them.
  失业和贫乏的幽灵一直在对他们作祟是不能否认的。