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

• 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。
• By ensuring a debt limit increase of at least$ 2.1 trillion, this deal removes the specter of default, providing important certainty to our economy at a fragile moment.
  通过确保至少2.1万亿美元的债务上限提高，这项协议将消除违约的恐惧，在一个脆弱的时刻为我们的经济提供了重要的确定性。
• 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。
• 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。
• The specter of self-destruction can be ended only with the abrogation of the U.S.
  自我毁灭的幽灵只有在废除美国&日本安全条约下才有可能安息。
• The specter haunted Martin.
  这种害怕的思想萦绕在马丁心头。
• The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
  失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。
• Spirit, I fear you more than any specter I have yet met.
  幽灵，比起我见过的那些可怕的幽灵来我更害怕你。
• 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。