词汇 | specter |
释义 | specter 1 ENTRIES FOUND: specter (noun) specter (US) noun or chiefly British spectre /ˈspɛktɚ/ plural specters specter (US) noun or chiefly British spectre /ˈspɛktɚ/ plural specters Learner's definition of SPECTER [count] literary : a ghost or spirit of a dead person鬼魂;幽灵;亡灵 “Ghost of the Future,” he exclaimed, “I fear you more than any spectre I have seen…”“‘未来之灵’啊!”他惊呼道,“我见了你,比我过去见过的什么幽灵都更加害怕…”Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1867)查尔斯·狄更斯,《圣诞颂歌》(1867) the specter of (something) : something bad that might happen in the future(对未来可能发生某事的)恐惧,忧虑 a nation alarmed/haunted by the specter of famine/war受饥荒/战争恐慌困扰的国家 News of the disease raised the specter of [=made people worry about] a possible plague.有关这个疾病的消息引起了人们的恐慌,害怕会有瘟疫发生。 |
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