spectre

Schreckgespenst, Bedrohung

Die beunruhigende Möglichkeit, dass etwas Schlimmes passiert.

In einfachem Englisch: The worrying possibility that something bad will happen.

• The spectre of war frightened everyone.
• Job cuts raised the spectre of unemployment.
• The spectre of another drought hangs over the region.

So benutzt man es: the spectre of something (The spectre of poverty worried the family.)

Synonyme: threat

Häufige Wendungen: spectre of war, raise the spectre, spectre of unemployment

Gespenst, Geist

Die sichtbare Gestalt eines Verstorbenen, die dem Glauben nach lebenden Menschen erscheint.

In einfachem Englisch: The visible form of a dead person, believed to appear to living people.

• A spectre appeared at the window.
• They claimed to have seen a spectre in the castle.
• The pale spectre vanished before dawn.

Synonyme: ghost, apparition, phantom

Häufige Wendungen: pale spectre, ghostly spectre, see a spectre