spectre

名词 spectre:

1. a ghostly appearing figure
   同义词：apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience
   同义词：ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter

1. The spectre of unemployment was always on his mind.
   他心头一直萦绕著可能失业的恐惧感。
2. The spectre of unemployment haunted the country.
   失业的幽灵在这个国家作祟。