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

• 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。
• It seemed to Golda that her country had escaped the specter of military defeat.
  在果尔达看来，她的国家好容易摆脱了军事失败的幽灵。
• 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。
• We watched the stalking tiger approach his prey; a stalking specter on the castle walls at midnight.
  我们看着那只悄悄跟踪的老虎接近了它的猎物；一个半夜潜行在城堡的城墙上的幽灵。
• 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 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。
• He was the most successful rebel slave; his specter would stalk the white South for a century.
  他是最成功的反叛奴隶；他将秸秆白幽灵南一世纪。
• 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。
• Spirit, I fear you more than any specter I have yet met.
  幽灵，比起我见过的那些可怕的幽灵来我更害怕你。
• In this last example you can see that this specter is trying to target a group of infantry.
  在最后的例子中，你可以看到，幽魂炮正在瞄准一队步兵。