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

• 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 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。
• The spectre of civil war is haunting the country.
  内战的魔影正威胁着该国。
• 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 a global food crisis has reared its head again.
  全球粮食危机的幽灵再次来袭。
• Only by stimulating domestic demand can the spectre of a world-wide depression be removed.
  只有通过刺激内需，全球沮丧的幽灵才会消失。
• But the spectre of Hong Kong is back.
  但香港的幽灵又回来了。
• 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 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。
• 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。