specter
英 美['spɛktɚ]
- n. 幽灵；妖怪；恐怖之物
词态变化
复数: specters;
中文词源
specter 鬼，幽灵，恐惧，恐慌
来自拉丁语 spectrum,出现，显示，影像，鬼魂，幽灵，来自 specere,看，词源同 spectate,aspect.
英文词源
- 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.
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自辞典例句