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本帖最后由 武汉加油 于 2020-8-3 15:26 编辑
gone by 是文学中的常见用法，作后置定语修饰（前置形式就是by-gone, 例如: a monument erected to commemorate the by-gone centeries of tyrannical slavery),
类似的还有 of yore, of the past, 这类短语重点不在于表达时间上的过去，而是着重流露出一种 wistful 的情感
例如：
She would sit there by the only window in the room for entire afternoons, contemplating the distance while smiling pensively, as if thinking of the years gone by when she was celebrating newly wedded life with her handsome beau.
a sight 就是 an embarrassment; something that makes a spectable of yourself;
例如：
I think I must have been quite a sight when I showed up with a blood-red MAKE-AMERICA-GREAT-AGAIN T shirt on at a party where all invitees dislike Trump and his gang of cohorts and cronies.
原文 a sight就是说自己今天的穿着看上去肯定很怪。
至于这个a window that is foggy 是什么意思，可以是玻璃上人呼气产生的水汽，也可能是窗外有大雾从而玻璃上看着有朦胧感。
所以 a window that is foggy with the breath of a life gone by 整体是什么意思，需要在了解全文的基调后才能判断。因为此处涉及主人公当时的处境或者是心境。
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