柯林斯英汉双解大词典
spectre /ˈspɛktrə/ TEM8
[英国英语]AM specter
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N-COUNT If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. (对某事可能会发生而产生的) 萦绕心头的恐惧 [usu 'the' N 'of' n]
例：The arrests raised the spectre of revenge attacks.
拘捕增加了对报复性攻击的恐惧。
双语例句权威例句
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And dark shadows are looming, particularly the spectre of deflation.
阴影步步逼近，尤其是来自通货紧缩的忧虑更是如此。
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But 15 years on, a pensioner has come forward to cast doubt on the spectre.
然而15年后，一个退休老人逐步揭开了幽灵疑云。
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One felt that the chief of this barricade was a geometrician or a spectre.
我们感到这个街垒的首领是一个几何学家或一个鬼怪。
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