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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The specter haunted Martin.
  这种害怕的思想萦绕在马丁心头。
• I see that behind the nobility of his gestures there lurks the specter of the ridiculousness of it all – that he is not only sublime, but absurd.
  我从他的高雅手势后看到一个荒谬的幽灵在徘徊&他不仅崇高，而且还荒谬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。