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spec.treAm usually spec.ter H5spek7tE5, $-tLn [C]literary the influence of a person who is not present, or the expectation of something unpleasant happening which causes fear, or (literary or old use) a GHOST阴影，萦绕心头的恐惧，幽灵The spectre of his predecessor haunted the new Prime Minister's first few months in office.新总理在当政的头几个月里，心中时常萦绕着他前任的形象。the spectre of unemployment/bankruptcy萦绕心头的对失业/破产的恐惧The awful spectre of civil war hangs/looms/hovers over the country.对内战的恐惧之感威胁着这个国家。Drought and war have raised the spectre of food shortages for up to 24 million African people.干旱和战争引起了二千四百万非洲人民对食物短缺的恐惧。"A spectre is haunting Europe--the spectre of Communism" (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto, 1848)“一个幽灵正在欧洲游荡----一个共产主义的幽灵。” (马克思和恩格斯的《共产党宣言》)
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