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

VOA: special.2011.07.07

In fact, Yeats sees his poems as a kind of summoning of spirits or evocation of spirits, as he refers to it.

实际上，叶芝认为他的诗歌,如他所说在召集传唤灵魂。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

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

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

So, for example, impurity was often connected with belief in evil spirits and impure demons.

所以，举个例子，不洁经常会和,恶灵以及不洁的恶魔联系在一起。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

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

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

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