A false light came instead, and faded, and the sky was metallic.
取而代之的是虚幻的光, 然后消退了, 天空变成了金属色。
红字
And he himself, in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
而他自己,就他在虚假的光中显示自己而言,变成了一个影子,或者,实际上,不复存在了。
为女权辩护(下)
A false light distorted, for a short time, its shadow — reputation; but it seldom fails to become just when the cloud is dispersed that produced the mistake in vision.
虚假的光芒在短时间内扭曲了它的影子——声誉;但往往恰逢乌云散去,造成了视觉上的错误。
简·爱(原版)
Ev’n should I fall o’er the broken bridge passing, Or stray in the marshes, by false lights beguiled, Still will my Father, with promise and blessing, Take to His bosom the poor orphan child.
The testimony in regard to her scowl was frightfully important; it seemed to hold up her image wholly relieved from the false light of her self-partialities, and so hideous that she dared not look at it.