specter

美 ['spektər]英 ['spektə(r)]
  • n.幽灵;同“spectre”

复数: specters

specterspecter

noun

1
a mental representation of some haunting experience
he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
Synonym: ghost shade spook wraith spectre
2
a ghostly appearing figure
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
Synonym: apparition phantom phantasm phantasma fantasm spectre

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  1. 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

  2. I worked in the basement of a Caltech campus building that had been periodically haunted by the specter of the upper half of a roofer who had fallen from the six story roof twenty years earlier .

    我在加利福尼亚理工大学校内的一个地下室里工作。20年前,有个盖屋顶的工人从这栋六层楼的房顶摔了下去,从此,这楼就闹鬼,那个工人的上半身总在这楼里游荡。

  3. Pretty soon the specter of another economic downturn was causing turbulence .

    很快,经济可能再度下滑的担忧引发了市场动荡。

  4. 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。

  5. Yet , many things are taking place that could raise the specter of inflation in rapid order .

    然而,正在发生的许多事情可能让通货膨胀的幽灵迅速出现。

  6. Japanese primarily connect lotus flower and death as well as the specter world together .

    日本人主要把莲与死亡以及幽灵世界连在一起。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. Political survival appears to be the immediate reason for Senator Specter 's party switch .

    政治生存似乎是Specter参议员更换党派的直接原因。

  12. He 'll also be trailing the specter of rising protectionism in america .

    他也是美国的贸易保护主义幽灵。

  13. As we just heard from Michael Specter , it has changed over the years .

    如同MichaelSpecter适才说道,这些概念也会改变

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. A shrinking world , growing inequality ; demographic change and the specter of terrorism ,

    不断收缩的世界,正在蔓延的不平等、人口的变化和恐怖主义的延伸,

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. Amid the specter of a possible default on U.

    美国可能拖欠债务的阴影弥漫。

  20. Many Republicans sought to minimize the national political fallout from the Specter defection .

    许多共和党人试图将Specter脱党带来的全国性的政治余波最小化。

  21. Arlen Specter major force in Senate for 30 years died today at the age of 82 .

    今天,在参议院持续30年占据重要地位的阿伦斯派克特离世,享年82岁。

  22. Specter died Sunday morning from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma .

    斯派克于周日早上死于非霍奇金淋巴瘤病发症。

  23. The specter of overpopulation casts its pall over the access of new life anyway ;

    人口过度膨胀的恐慌给新生命的诞生蒙上了阴影。

  24. And the specter of even still more accounting scandals could linger up until August14th .

    而一直到八月十四日以前,对更多公司财务丑闻被陆续揭露还会有很多猜测。

  25. A specter . A ghost , a phantom , whatever you want to call it .

    幽灵,鬼魂,幻影,随便你怎么说

  26. The specter of unemployment hunted the country .

    失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。

  27. and that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy .

    这种绝望的幽灵会成为亲密关系的动力

  28. The specter of international terrorism is looming again .

    国际恐怖主义的幽灵又阴森地逼近了。

  29. 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。

  30. The specter of elimination from the tournament in the first round for the second straight time looms for France .

    法国是98年世界杯的得主,02年却没进一球、在第一轮比赛中就被淘汰回家了。今年法国队又悬了。