spectre

🇬🇧/ˈspektə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈspektər/ 31
If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. (对某事可能会发生而产生的) 萦绕心头的恐惧

noun [专属名词]幽灵;妖怪;鬼性(等于 specter)

The arrests raised the spectre of revenge attacks.
拘捕增加了对报复性攻击的恐惧。

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Was he a spectre returning to haunt her? 是不是他的幽灵回来找她了?
The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. 内战仿佛一触即发,举国上下一片恐慌。