spectre
spectre — 名詞
- spectresingular
- spectresplural
1. a worrying thing that could happen later and that frightens people when they ima
隱憂；陰影
想像中可能發生、令人害怕的壞事
a worrying thing that could happen later and that frightens people when they imagine it.
The spectre of another bad harvest worried every farmer in the valley.
再一次歉收的隱憂，讓山谷裡每個農夫都很擔心。
the spectre of + noun for a feared future event
For months the small town lived under the spectre of a factory closure.
好幾個月來，這個小鎮一直籠罩在工廠關閉的陰影下。
live under the spectre of + noun
Rising rents raised the spectre of families being forced to leave the city.
房租上漲，引發了家庭被迫離開這座城市的隱憂。
raise the spectre of + noun
Christopher could not sleep, haunted by the spectre of losing his job.
Christopher 因為失業的陰影而睡不著。
News of the storm brought back the spectre of last year's terrible floods.
風暴的消息，又勾起了去年那場可怕水災的陰影。
- the spectre of war
- the spectre of unemployment
- raise the spectre of
文法句型
the spectre of + noun
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'of' plus the feared thing, and usually singular. Common with verbs like 'raise', 'face', and 'live under'.
常見錯誤
2. the shape of a dead person that some people believe they can see, especially a p
幽靈；鬼魂
據說看得見的死者身影，多半蒼白駭人
the shape of a dead person that some people believe they can see, especially a pale or frightening one.
Nora swore that a pale spectre drifted along the upstairs hallway at midnight.
Nora 發誓半夜有個蒼白的幽靈在樓上的走廊飄過。
a pale / grey spectre
In the old story, a grey spectre walks the castle walls every winter.
在那個古老的故事裡，每年冬天都有個灰色的幽靈在城牆上行走。
The children were certain a spectre lived behind the broken cellar door.
孩子們確信地窖那扇破門後面住著一個幽靈。
Salma laughed at the idea that a spectre could pass through solid stone walls.
Salma 嘲笑幽靈能穿過堅硬石牆這種說法。
By candlelight the old painting looked like a spectre rising from the dark.
在燭光下，那幅舊畫看起來像個從黑暗中升起的幽靈。
like a spectre for a ghostly appearance
- a pale spectre
- a grey spectre
- the spectre of someone
用法筆記
This literary sense is rarer than 'ghost' in everyday speech; readers meet it mostly in older fiction and ghost stories. Distinguish from sense 1, which is an imagined danger, not a visible figure.
同根字
- spectral形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- spectre of war
- spectre of famine
- spectre of defeat
常用片語
- raise the spectre of
- haunted by the spectre of
介系詞搭配
- spectre of