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

• 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。
• The reactions of some western countries to successive currency and energy disorders have resurrected the spectre of autarky.
  某些西方国家对接连发生的货币与能源方面失调的反应又使自给自足政策的幽灵复活了。
• But it is in the paint that Americans see the spectre of their own 19th-century capitalism.
  但美国人在含铅油漆中看到了他们自己19世纪的资本主义。
• 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 unemployment was always on his mind.
  他心头一直萦绕着可能失业的恐惧感。
• The spectre of sovereign default, therefore, has returned to the rich world.
  因此说，主权违约的幽灵已经在富裕国家重现。
• The arrival of warm weather raises the spectre of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
  天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗。
• 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。
• But the spectre of Hong Kong is back.
  但香港的幽灵又回来了。
• China has slain its inflation demon for now, but in the process it has inflicted considerable damage on the broader economy and raised the spectre of a more serious growth slowdown.
  中国已暂时杀死了通胀恶魔，但在遏制通胀过程中，整体经济遭受了显著损害，有可能引发一场更严重的增长放缓。