If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur.
例句
Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action...無(wú)法就此事達(dá)成共識(shí)引起了人們對(duì)可能會(huì)訴諸法律手段的擔(dān)憂。Like many others, Handford was relieved to see the spectre of 15% interest rates evaporate by the end of the day.和其他很多人一樣，當(dāng)看到15%的利率的陰霾隨著那天的結(jié)束而散盡時(shí)，漢德福感到一陣欣慰。
N-COUNT
鬼魂;幽靈;亡靈
A spectre is a ghost .
英漢詞典釋義
n.
纏繞心頭的恐懼,兇兆
The news of more cuts has raised the spectre of redundancies once again.關(guān)于進(jìn)一步裁減的消息讓人們擔(dān)心會(huì)再次裁員。The terrible spectre of civil war hung over the country once again.內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的可怕陰影再一次籠罩這個(gè)國(guó)家。Wall Street’s collapse raised spectres of the 1987 stock market crash.華爾街股市暴跌引發(fā)了1987 年股市崩潰時(shí)的那種恐慌。The arrival of warm weather raises the spectre of disease and increased rat infestations caused by rotting garbage.天氣轉(zhuǎn)暖使人們擔(dān)心垃圾腐爛會(huì)引起疾病傳播和鼠群猖獗。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a ghostly appearing figure;
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience;
"he looked like he had seen a ghost""it aroused specters from his past"