specter
英 美['sp?kt?]
- n. 幽靈；妖怪；恐怖之物
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?specters;
中文詞源
specter 鬼，幽靈，恐懼，恐慌
來自拉丁語 spectrum,出現，顯示，影像，鬼魂，幽靈，來自 specere,看，詞源同 spectate,aspect.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.
- 內戰(zhàn)的可怕陰影再一次籠罩這個國家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.
- 關于進一步裁減的消息讓人們擔心會再次裁員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.
- 天氣轉暖使人們擔心垃圾腐爛會引起疾病傳播和鼠群猖獗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Gene - based anthropology also struggles with the specter of racism.
- 以基因為基礎的人類學,仍舊在與種族主義的幽靈進行斗爭.
來自英漢非文學 - 生命科學 - 基因與尋祖
- 5. The specter of war loomed ahead.
- 戰(zhàn)爭的陰影逼近了.
來自辭典例句