spectre
noun
UK(USspecter)uk/ˈspek.tər/us/ˈspek.tɚ/the spectre ofsomething
theideaof somethingunpleasantthat mighthappenin thefuture:
对于…的恐惧（或忧虑）Theawfulspectre ofcivilwarloomsover thecountry.内战的阴云笼罩着全国。
Drought andwarhaveraisedthe spectreoffoodshortagesfor up to 24 millionAfricanpeople.干旱和战争引起了2400万非洲人民对于食品短缺的恐惧。
[C]literary
aghost
幽灵；鬼魂Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- inkling
- instinct
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- presage
- prescience
- prescient
- prophecy
- prophesy
- psychic
- second-guess
- the writing is on the wallidiom
- visionary
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