specter

脅威、恐れ

悪いことが起こるかもしれないという、不安を感じさせる可能性。

やさしい英語で： The worrying possibility that something bad will happen.

• The specter of war frightened everyone.
• Job cuts raised the specter of long-term unemployment.
• The specter of another drought hung over the region.

使い方： the specter of something (The report raised the specter of food shortages.)

類義語： threat, prospect

よく使う表現： specter of war, raise the specter, specter of something

幽霊、亡霊

人の前に姿を現す、死んだ人の霊。

やさしい英語で： A ghost that appears to someone.

• A pale specter stood by the window.
• She believed a specter haunted the empty house.
• The specters vanished when the sun rose.

類義語： ghost, phantom, apparition

よく使う表現： pale specter, ghostly specter, specter appears