Roosevelt was in good spirits when he reported to Congress after his return from the Yalta conference.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

He says, "I believe in the practice and philosophy of what we have agreed to call magic, in what I must call the evocation of spirits, though I do not know what they are."

他说我相信我们所称作的,关于魔法的实践和哲学，我认为那是对灵魂的召唤，尽管我并不知道它们是什么“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

All spirits, like the genius loci, are physical, palpable presences in the natural world.

所有的神灵，像地方守护神，都具体可触的存在于自然界。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In his brief remarks, Mr.Obama sought to explain his decision to release the memos and to lift the spirits of CIA employees.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

In 1985,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered dramatic cuts in the production of wines and spirits and introduced strict controls on the public consumption of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

He denounced the belief in traditional witchcraft, saying those who live in fear of spirits and threatening powers are disoriented and bewildered and end up condemning street children and the elderly as sorcerers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22