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 terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.
  内战的可怕阴影再一次笼罩这个国家。
• Japanese primarily connect lotus flower and death as well as the specter world together.
  日本人主要把莲与死亡以及幽灵世界连在一起。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• The specter of international terrorism is looming again.
  国际恐怖主义的幽灵又阴森地逼近了。
• The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
  失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。