spectre
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. (對某事可能會發生而産生的) 縈繞心頭的恐懼[usu 'the' N 'of' n]
The arrests raised the spectre of revenge attacks. 拘捕增加了對報複性攻擊的恐懼。
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spectre /ˈspɛktrə/ (spectres)
[英國英語]AM specter
剑桥词典
- the spectre of sth
the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future
對於…的恐懼（或憂慮）
The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country . 內戰的隂雲籠罩著全國。
Drought and war have raised the spectre of food shortages for up to 24 million African people . 乾旱和戰爭引起了2400萬非洲人民對於食品短缺的恐懼。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] literary
a ghost (SPIRIT)
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