spectre: n.1.幽灵;鬼影。2.恐怖的根源,(纠缠不去的)心中暗鬼。短语和例子There is no denying that the spectre of unemployment and want is constantly haunting them. 失业和贫乏的幽灵一直在对他们作祟是不能否认的。
broke: adj.〔口语〕破了产的;〔俚语〕分文不名的,一个钱也没有的〔仅用作述语〕。 be broke to the wide [world] 〔口语〕完全破产的,一个钱也没有的。 be clean [dead, flat, stone, stony] broke 〔口语〕完全破产。 go broke 〔俚语〕破产。 go for broke 〔俚语〕竭力,全力以赴;耗尽全部财力。