Bill, for instance, often gets painful "flashbacks", in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.
2017年6月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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(電影、小說、戲劇中的)閃回，倒敘
In a film, novel, or play, a flashback is a scene that returns to events in the past.