• n. 幽靈；妖怪；恐怖之物

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) spectrum,出現(xiàn)，顯示，影像，鬼魂，幽靈，來(lái)自 specere,看，詞源同 spectate,aspect.

specter (n.)

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.

1. The terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.

內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的可怕陰影再一次籠罩這個(gè)國(guó)家.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.

關(guān)于進(jìn)一步裁減的消息讓人們擔(dān)心會(huì)再次裁員.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.

天氣轉(zhuǎn)暖使人們擔(dān)心垃圾腐爛會(huì)引起疾病傳播和鼠群猖獗.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Gene - based anthropology also struggles with the specter of racism.

以基因?yàn)榛A(chǔ)的人類學(xué),仍舊在與種族主義的幽靈進(jìn)行斗爭(zhēng).

來(lái)自英漢非文學(xué) - 生命科學(xué) - 基因與尋祖

5. The specter of war loomed ahead.

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的陰影逼近了.

來(lái)自辭典例句