| 单词 | specter |
| 释义 | specter noun uk/ˈspek.tər/us/ˈspek.tɚ/USspelling ofspectre （spectre的美式拼写）Predicting things and intuition
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Souls, spirits & ghosts specter| American Dictionaryspecter noun[C] (alsospectre)us/ˈspek·tər/something thatcausesfearorworry: The specter ofinflationconcernsmanyvoters. Thefamiliarspecter ofadversitycontinuestoaccompanyhim. A specter is also aghost(= thespiritof adeadpersonthat can beseen). Examplesofspecterspecter Work on the project paid poorly and involved high risks : permanent disability and death were a constantspecter. From theCambridge English Corpus These and other developments raised thespecterof a southern racism on the march - a northward march. From theCambridge English Corpus Even after more than a decade of democratic rule, a substantial majority is still haunted by thespecterof a repressive state to varying degrees. From theCambridge English Corpus I mention the pauper funeral here because itsspectermotivated members of the working class to avoid its ignominy at whatever cost. From theCambridge English Corpus But why did thespecterof racial change elicit such a reaction then and not other times-to the creation of minority majority districts for example? From theCambridge English Corpus Our speculation directly stems from this specular image and reflects back our ownspecterand thus our own reading process. From theCambridge English Corpus And this is the finalspecter, the zero degree of the reader. From theCambridge English Corpus On one hand, thespecterof "cloned" human beings produced through reproductive cloning is widely rejected as an illegitimate field of scientific endeavor. From theCambridge English Corpus The institution of baby-farming raised thespecterof economic motherhood in a number of different ways. From theCambridge English Corpus More than that, thespecterof the growing rate of honor crimes threatens women to stay well within the bounds of social expectation. From theCambridge English Corpus The story begins, then, with thespecterof male brutality and domestic violence. From theCambridge English Corpus Advocates of the impost/tariff constantly raised thespecterof a direct tax. From theCambridge English Corpus Is the choice of a parent to take risks for the sake of her child truly free, or is thespecterof coercion necessarily raised? From theCambridge English Corpus Dependency and deterioration, not death itself, is thespecterof old age. From theCambridge English Corpus Why do the specters of these others return? From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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