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the specter of sth
表示令人担忧的潜在威胁。
The specter of unemployment looms over the town.
失业的幽灵笼罩着这个小镇。
阴影
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阴影
a mental representation of some haunting experience
The specter of unemployment looms over the town.
失业的幽灵笼罩着这个小镇。
某种萦绕心头的经历的心理表现
a mental representation of some haunting experience
幽灵般出现的形象
a ghostly appearing figure
The specter of unemployment haunted the workers after the factory closed.
工厂关闭后，失业的阴影萦绕在工人们心头。
A strange specter appeared in the old house at midnight.
午夜时分，那座老房子里出现了一个奇怪的幽灵。
She could not escape the specter of her past mistakes.
她无法摆脱过去错误带来的阴影。
表示令人担忧的潜在威胁。
The specter of unemployment looms over the town.
失业的幽灵笼罩着这个小镇。
引起对某事物的恐惧或担心。
The new policy raises the specter of inflation.
新政策引发了通货膨胀的担忧。
强调持续的困扰。
The specter of war haunts the region.
战争的幽灵困扰着该地区。
Not this
The scientist saw a strange specter through the microscope.
Use this
The scientist saw a strange spectrum through the microscope.
学习者混淆了"specter"（幽灵）和"spectrum"（光谱），因为两者发音和拼写相近，但意义完全不同。
Not this
The old legend says that a ghost specters in the castle.
Use this
The old legend says that a ghost haunts the castle.
学习者错误地将名词"specter"用作动词，但"specter"没有动词形式，应使用动词"haunt"表示“出没”。
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失业的阴影
The specter of unemployment haunted many factory workers.
失业的阴影笼罩着许多工厂工人。
战争的阴影
The treaty was meant to dispel the specter of war.
该条约旨在驱散战争的阴影。
引起对……的担忧；使……的阴影浮现
The new policy raised the specter of inflation.
新政策引发了人们对通货膨胀的担忧。
消除……的阴影
Good economic news banished the specter of recession.
经济方面的好消息消除了衰退的阴影。
挥之不去的幽灵；萦绕心头的阴影
The haunting specter of her past returned.
她过去那段经历留下的挥之不去的阴影又浮现了。
…的可怕阴影；…的威胁
The specter of war loomed over the region.
战争的阴影笼罩着该地区。
欢乐场合中的不祥阴影；使人扫兴的幽灵
His health problems were the specter at the feast of their celebration.
他的健康问题是他们庆祝活动中的不祥阴影。
使…令人担忧；引起对…的忧虑
The oil spill raised the specter of environmental disaster.
石油泄漏引发了人们对环境灾难的担忧。
一个幽灵，共产主义的幽灵，在欧洲游荡。
The Communist Manifesto's warning about “the specter of communism” still haunts political debates today.
《共产党宣言》关于“共产主义的幽灵”的警告至今仍萦绕在政治辩论中。
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幽灵specter，像旁观者spectator在盯你，心中的鬼影挥之不去。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学叙述、新闻报道、政论文章 该词多用于正式或书面语，指萦绕心头的阴影或幽灵般的形象。在文学作品、新闻报道及政论中比较常见，日常口语中较少使用。
与 specter /ˈspɛktɚ/ 真正押韵的有 sector、director、reflector、connector，它们的重读元音之后的音都是 /ɛktɚ/（尽管拼写中有 -ector 或 -ctor）。注意 scepter /ˈsɛptɚ/ 拼写相似但中间是 /pt/，不押韵；inspect /ɪnˈspɛkt/ 含有相同的 -spect 拼写，但结尾没有卷舌元音，也不押韵。
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