单词	specter
释义	specterspec‧ter /ˈspektə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINspecter Origin: 1600-1700 French spectre, from Latin spectrum; ➔ SPECTRUM Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Failure in Chechnya raises the specter that other independent-minded regions could become problems once again. How does a specter go about making his confession? I wish you could have seen the faces of the jury as the awful specter of the future unfolded before them. Opponents painted a more apocalyptic picture, warning of foreign landowners and even invoking the specter of civil war. Potentially problematic was the specter of defense witnesses placing John Doe No. 2 in the conspiracy and confusing jurors. The specter, north and south, of the black face, real and corporeal, owing nothing to burnt cork. The buildings were only specters glimpsed through the thick white veils the air had become. They figure this was a puritanical overreaction to a handful of innocent pictures and claim it raises the chilling specter of censorship. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► raise · They figure this was a puritanical overreaction to a handful of innocent pictures and claim it raises the chilling specter of censorship.· Failure in Chechnya raises the specter that other independent-minded regions could become problems once again. the American spelling of spectre
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