specter
specter 英 ['spektə] 美 [ˈspɛktɚ]
n. 幽灵；妖怪；恐怖之物
名词复数:specters
- A specter means a ghostly apparition, a ghost itself, or simply an idea that people find frightening. You can give yourself nightmares if you listen to too many stories about ghostly specters appearing in dark windows.
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- n. 幽灵；妖怪；恐怖之物
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1. The specter of war loomed ahead.
战争的幽灵逼近了。
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2. No man, if he be truthful, can say that the specter of war is banished.
没有人，如果他是真诚的，能够说战争的幽灵已经被消除。
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3. For investors, the specter of a long period of malaise means a long period of low returns.
对投资者来说，长期经济萎靡不振的幽灵意味着长期的投资低回报。
- 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.
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