specter
英 ['spektə(r)]
美 ['spektər]
n. 同“spectre”
COCA.28314
英英释义
noun
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
- a ghostly appearing figure
- we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
双语例句
- 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。 - That along with rising oil prices and the specter of a global credit crunch is changing the picture.
再加上油价高企和全球信贷市场收缩的挤压，全球增长前景足可堪优。 - 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。 - We also face the specter of nonlinear tipping points that may cause much more severe changes.
我们还面临另一个幽灵，那就是非线性的气候引爆点，这会带来许多严重得多的变化。 - 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。 - 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。 - I had the terrible prospect of poverty and starving which lay on me as a frightful specter.
我眼中还是看到一个穷困饥饿的可怕前途，像个可怕的魔鬼似的站在我的面前。 - 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。 - Clinton said the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran has created what amounts to an "alliance" among Israel and many Arab States, and she is hoping the shared interests will give impetus not only to diplomacy with Iran but also a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
克林顿说，一个拥有核武器的伊朗所形成的阴影使以色列和许多阿拉伯国家建立了一种“同盟”，她希望这种共同利益不仅能推动与伊朗的外交，而且还能解决以色列和巴勒斯坦的冲突。 - It's about this bridge, said one of the old man, that the specter haunts.
「在这座桥附近，」位老人道：「灵出没不定。