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。
• 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 international terrorism is looming again.
  国际恐怖主义的幽灵又阴森地逼近了。
• I had the terrible prospect of poverty and starving which lay on me as a frightful specter.
  我眼中还是看到一个穷困饥饿的可怕前途，像个可怕的魔鬼似的站在我的面前。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
  下凡的神仙超自然力的灵魂；
• 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。