raise the spectre of something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishraise the spectre of somethingraise the spectre of somethingliteraryNOTICE to make people feel afraid that something frightening might soon happen The violence has raised the spectre of civil war. → raiseExamples from the Corpusraise the spectre of something• The attack has raised the spectre of another war between ice-cream operators in Glasgow.• The prospect of such telecoms competition raises the spectre of intervention by government or the courts.• The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.• Trevor Street had raised the spectre of the Bedford-St Pancras line.

单词	raise the spectre of something
释义	raise the spectre of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishraise the spectre of somethingraise the spectre of somethingliteraryNOTICE to make people feel afraid that something frightening might soon happen The violence has raised the spectre of civil war. → raiseExamples from the Corpusraise the spectre of something• The attack has raised the spectre of another war between ice-cream operators in Glasgow.• The prospect of such telecoms competition raises the spectre of intervention by government or the courts.• The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.• Trevor Street had raised the spectre of the Bedford-St Pancras line.
随便看	be ahead of/lead the field be aimed at doing be aimed at doing something be airlifted to the hospital be alarmed etc at the prospect be alarmed etc at the prospect of be alert to be alert to something be alien to be alien to somebody be aligned with be aligned with something be alive to a danger etc be alive to a fact etc be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc be alive to a possibility etc be alive with be alive with something be all downhill be all downhill (from here)/be downhill all the way (from here) be all downhill downhill all the way be all downhill from be downhill all the way from here be all downhill from here downhill all the way from here be all ears be all fingers and thumbs