1. Before this awful apparition, I retreat in terror that is upon me as I write. 在这个可怕的幽灵出现之前，我在恐惧中退却，这种恐惧在我写作时伴随着我。
2. I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position, but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes. 我不能精准地确定我在那个位置上呆了多久，但我记得的下一件事就是那个幽灵在我眼前消失了。
3. This apparition grew to an old age, until he reached a maturity he could not improve on, and now he haunts the church in which his parents had married. 这个幽灵已到老年，直到他成熟到无法再前进的地步，现在他常出没在他父母结婚的教堂里。
4. She laughed and coughed, and the husband ran from the room with an ashen face, as if he'd seen a fulminating witch, some kind of horror flick apparition. 她边笑边咳嗽，丈夫脸色苍白从房间里跑出来，好像他见到了一个暴怒的巫婆，像是某种恐怖片里的幽灵似的。
5. At the unexpected apparition, no one dared even to breathe. 这个意外的出现，使大家都不敢喘气。
