Your models are like shadows on the wall of a cave.

你们的模型只能像是洞穴墙壁上的影子一般，无法分辨真实与幻影。

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The shadows were representative of forms -- true forms that lacked the distortion of the shapes on the cave wall.

这些影子只是外形的代表--真正的外形缺少在洞穴的墙上对形状扭曲变形的能力。

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In this tale, people who dwelt in the cave could know only the shadows of forms that were cast on the wall of the cave from the light outside.

在这个故事中，那些曾经在洞穴中居住的人们只能了解被光线所投射到洞穴墙上的自己的影子。

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"Our bill holds Wall Street accountable and mandates real transparency so that large banks can't gamble our money in the shadows of the financial system."

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If Wall Street is a foggy valley of shadows where wise bankers pick the pockets of the wandering masses, then rating agencies act as the surrounding hilltops.

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It was dark, out on the narrow lane that ran past the sawmills, dark and very green, the boundary wall a dim colony of moss and ferns, the shadows under the trees damp and still.

NEWYORKER: The Bell Ringer

He appears to be standing sentry in deep shadows in front of a cinder-block wall.

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