specter

• n. 幽靈；妖怪；恐怖之物

來自拉丁語 spectrum,出現，顯示，影像，鬼魂，幽靈，來自 specere,看，詞源同 spectate,aspect.

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.

1. The terrible specter of civil war hung over the country once again.

內戰的可怕陰影再一次籠罩這個國家.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The news of more cuts has raised the specter of redundancies once again.

關於進一步裁減的消息讓人們擔心會再次裁員.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The arrival of warm weather raises the specter of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.

天氣轉暖使人們擔心垃圾腐爛會引起疾病傳播和鼠群猖獗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Gene - based anthropology also struggles with the specter of racism.

以基因為基礎的人類學,仍舊在與種族主義的幽靈進行鬥爭.

來自英漢非文學 - 生命科學 - 基因與尋祖

5. The specter of war loomed ahead.

戰爭的陰影逼近了.

來自辭典例句