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

• High valuations and intensified competition raise the specter of lower returns for value investors generally.
  高估值和强竞争增强一般价值投资者对低回报的恐惧。
• The specter haunted Martin.
  这种害怕的思想萦绕在马丁心头。
• 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。
• Raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; stir a disturbance.
  唤起失业的幽灵；唤起我的灵感；唤起骚动。
• 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。
• A supernatural being; a ghost or specter.
  下凡的神仙超自然力的灵魂；
• The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
  失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。
• 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。
• The Al-Aqsa Brigade threatened revenge, raising the specter of an escalation of violence.
  阿克萨烈士旅威胁要进行报复，增加了暴力升级的可能。