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

• The specter of overpopulation casts its pall over the access of new life anyway;
  人口过度膨胀的恐慌给新生命的诞生蒙上了阴影。
• High valuations and intensified competition raise the specter of lower returns for value investors generally.
  高估值和强竞争增强一般价值投资者对低回报的恐惧。
• 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。
• A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
  下凡的神仙超自然力的灵魂；
• 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。
• He was the most successful rebel slave; his specter would stalk the white South for a century.
  他是最成功的反叛奴隶；他将秸秆白幽灵南一世纪。
• We also face the specter of nonlinear tipping points that may cause much more severe changes.
  我们还面临另一个幽灵，那就是非线性的气候引爆点，这会带来许多严重得多的变化。
• 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。
• It's about this bridge, said one of the old man, that the specter haunts.
  「在这座桥附近，」位老人道：「灵出没不定。
• That along with rising oil prices and the specter of a global credit crunch is changing the picture.
  再加上油价高企和全球信贷市场收缩的挤压，全球增长前景足可堪优。