Well, I think the only thing getting smoked is your pale imitation of a guitar player.

我想会败下阵来的那个人是你。

" Those kind of—of pale imitations aren't the same as truly bringing someone back to life."

“那只是… … 苍白的假象罢了，并不是他们真的活了过来。”

The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan.

【pale】这种干酪模仿的是帕尔梅森干酪，但比真品差远了。

You could say that the sensation is the original and that the idea, or reflection, is only a pale imitation.

你可以说感觉是原始的，而想法或反思只是苍白的模仿。

This could be overcome by simplifying them, often leading to a loss of " literariness" — leading to criticism that the texts became pale imitations of the original writing.

这可以通过简化它们来克服，通常会导致" 文学性" 的丧失——导致批评，认为文本变成了对原文的苍白模仿。

Teleconferencing is a pale imitation of in-the-flesh meetings: researchers at Harvard Business School, for example, concluded that " virtual water coolers" -rolled out by many companies during the pandemic-often encroached on crowded schedules with limited benefits.

远程会议要远逊于面对面会议：例如，哈佛商学院的研究人员得出结论，许多公司在疫情期间推出的“虚拟饮水机谈话”经常会侵占忙碌的工作时间，带来的好处也并不多。