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	the mainspring of something the mainstay of the mainstay of something the mainstream the Major Leagues the major part of the majors the male lead the male line the male/female lead the male/female line the Maltese the Malverns the man the man etc in your life the man in the street the man in the street the man of the hour the man of the hour the man of the house the man of the moment the man of the moment/hour/year the man of the year the man on the Clapham omnibus the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo