specter
英 ['spektə(r)]
美 ['spektər]
n. 同“spectre”
COCA.28314
英英释义
noun
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
- a ghostly appearing figure
- we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。