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

• 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。
• It seemed to Golda that her country had escaped the specter of military defeat.
  在果尔达看来，她的国家好容易摆脱了军事失败的幽灵。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 the murdered man haunted the house.
  被谋杀男人的幽魂出没于这间房子的周遭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。