specters
n.
鬼怪( specter的名词复数 );
幽灵;
缠绕心头的恐惧;
凶兆;
例句:
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Wall Street's collapse raised specters of the 1987 stock market crash.
华尔街股市暴跌引发了1987年股市崩溃时的那种恐慌.
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It aroused specters from his past.
这激起有关他的过去的幻象.
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Identifications with Tibetan - ness can be rooted, ironically , in the specters of their own potential inauthenticity.
而具有讽刺意味的是,对藏民族性的认同可能根源于他们内心对于自身潜在的不正统的恐惧.
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Would that convince people that the Specters are more important or powerful than they are?
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