c. 1600, "frightening ghost," from French spectre "an image, figure, ghost" (16c.), from Latin spectrum "appearance, vision, apparition" (see spectrum). Figurative sense "object of dread" is from 1774.
specter 英文释义
1. a mental representation of some haunting experience;
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"
"it aroused specters from his past"
2. a ghostly appearing figure;
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
specter 双语例句
1. 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.
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2. The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
关于进一步裁减的消息让人们担心会再次裁员.
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3. The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
天气转暖使人们担心垃圾腐烂会引起疾病传播和鼠群猖獗.
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4. 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.
来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与寻祖
5. The specter of war loomed ahead.
战争的阴影逼近了.
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specter 实用场景例句
The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
关于进一步裁减的消息让人们担心会再次裁员.
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The specter of war loomed ahead.
战争的阴影逼近了.
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The specter of unemployment haunted the land.
失业的恐怖笼罩全国.
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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.
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Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania , who also appeared on Fox News Sunday.
他周日也出现在了福克斯电视台的新闻里.
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The specter of the murdered man haunted the house.
杀人嫌疑人曾在这所房子里逗留.
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With luck, these tourists might just get to encounter the soldier's specter.
运气好的话, 这些旅行者可能会撞到士兵的鬼魂.
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She also raised the specter of more pressure if they are not.
但她同样也想过:如果他们不那样做(指解决问题)就增加(给他们的)压力.
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But Mr Specter's decision nevertheless changes the dynamic on Capitol Hill.
但斯佩克特此举也还是改变了国会力量对比.
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The specter haunted Martin.
这种害怕的思想萦绕在马丁心头.
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A specter rose before his fevered mind.
他烧得神智不清的头脑中出现了幽灵.
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Some are raising the specter of eugenics.
一些人还祭出了优生学的幽灵.
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The specter of famine walks through the land.
饥饿的幽灵在这片土地上游荡.
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Play mode when the specter of a ghost when the bottom is always very depressed.
玩幽灵模式当鬼的时候老是垫底,很郁闷.
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But the specter of the defunct Superconducting Supercollider — and the money the project ended up wasting — looms large.
