specter

英['spektə]美['spektə]

n.
1.鬼怪，幽灵
2.缠绕心头的恐惧，凶兆

同：	[n.] apparition, fantasm, ghost, shade

There is no denying that the specter of unemployment and want is constantly haunting them
失业和贫乏的幽灵一直在对他们作祟是不能否认的。收藏
Uranium holds not only the promise of a vast new energy source, but also the grim specter of an atomic bomb
铀不但能提供巨大的新能源，也能产生原子弹这种残酷的恶魔。收藏
The specter of unemployment hunted the country.
失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。收藏
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。收藏
The specter of famine walks through the land.
饥饿的幽灵在这片土地上游荡收藏

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a mental representation of some haunting experience
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
[同] ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith
a ghostly appearing figure
- we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
[同] fantasm, apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre

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