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spectre noun (BrE) (NAmE specter) ADJECTIVE | VERB + SPECTRE/SPECTER | SPECTRE/SPECTER + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgrim (especially BrE) , ominous 凶兆◆The grim spectre of terrorism cast its shadow.恐怖主义的可怕幽灵正在逼近。old 旧的恐惧感constant 萦绕心头的恐惧looming 逼近的恐慌◆the looming spectre of a financial crisis金融危机步步逼近的恐慌twin 孪生魔鬼◆the twin spectres of addiction and violence成瘾和暴力这一对孪生魔鬼VERB + SPECTRE/SPECTERevoke, invoke, raise 引发恐惧◆Wall Street's collapse raised spectres of the 1987 stock-market crash.华尔街股市暴跌引发了 1987 年股市崩盘时的那种恐慌。face, see 面临恐惧banish, exorcize 排解／驱逐恐惧◆an attempt to exorcize the spectre of poverty驱逐贫困这个幽灵的努力SPECTRE/SPECTER + VERBhang over sb/sth, haunt sb/sth, hover over sb/sth, loom, loom over sb/sth 恐惧困扰⋯；恐惧笼罩⋯PREPOSITIONspectre of ⋯的忧患◆The terrible spectre of civil war hung over the country once again.内战可怕的阴云再一次笼罩这个国家。 |