1. Locals spend months building the effigies in anticipation of major festivals. 当地人为参加主节日花数月去造雕像。
2. Festooned with red lanterns, the halls and courtyards of the saffron-coloured temple glitter with fine effigies and temple ornaments. 游客投入钱币的叮当声，和尚的念经声和玉兰树上的鸟鸣声交织在一起，这座悬挂着红灯笼的番红色寺庙里佛像精美，装饰华丽。
3. With the sky still aglow at 11 p. m. on Midsummer Eve, Danes build bonfires along the shore to burn effigies of witches, banishing evil spirits from the land. 借着仲夏夜晚上11点的天空中依然透出的红光，丹麦人在沿着海岸架起了篝火来焚烧女巫形象的假人来驱赶来自地下的恶魔。
4. All those fat little monsters, those slablike effigies pasted on the facade of the Eglise St. Michel, they were following me down the crooked lanes and around corners. 所有这些肥胖的小怪物，所有粘在圣米歇尔教堂正面墙上石板状的雕像都跟在我身后走过弯弯曲曲的小胡同、拐过街角。
5. Though protesters in Greece were known to burn effigies of Ms. Merkel over her harsh austerity policies, she helped impose a measure of discipline among bickering eurozone leaders. 虽然希腊的抗议者在默克尔实施严厉的紧缩政策期间公开烧毁了她的画像，但她帮助在争吵不休的欧洲领导人中间建立了某种纪律。
