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

• It seemed to Golda that her country had escaped the specter of military defeat.
  在果尔达看来，她的国家好容易摆脱了军事失败的幽灵。
• The specter of loneliness and its share of frustrations are so many arrows that mystifies love in imprisoning life.
  幽灵的孤独和沮丧，有这么多的箭头迷惑的爱终身监禁。
• 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。
• In this last example you can see that this specter is trying to target a group of infantry.
  在最后的例子中，你可以看到，幽魂炮正在瞄准一队步兵。
• We watched the stalking tiger approach his prey; a stalking specter on the castle walls at midnight.
  我们看着那只悄悄跟踪的老虎接近了它的猎物；一个半夜潜行在城堡的城墙上的幽灵。
• The specter of international terrorism is looming again.
  国际恐怖主义的幽灵又阴森地逼近了。
• He'll also be trailing the specter of rising protectionism in america.
  他也是美国的贸易保护主义幽灵。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。