“I'm in the dark.”是說(shuō)“我正處在身邊都是黑暗的環(huán)境中”嗎?字面上看起來(lái)是這種感覺(jué),但其實(shí)你琢磨一下,它還有它的引申意。
not knowing something that other people do
不知道別人知道的事情
別人都知道了,但只有我還被蒙在鼓里,一頭霧水,就像是只有自己身處在未知的黑暗中,沒(méi)有別人的提醒。
例:
Somehow, everyone knew that Alicia had quit school except for me—I was totally in the dark.
不知怎么的,除了我,每個(gè)人都知道艾麗西婭退學(xué)了——我完全蒙在鼓里。
No, I don't know who's going to get the promotion—now that I'm off the executive board, I'm in the dark about a lot of things.
不,我不知道誰(shuí)會(huì)升職,因?yàn)槲乙呀?jīng)離開(kāi)了執(zhí)行董事會(huì),很多事情我都不知道。
簡(jiǎn)單地理解,someone be in the dark就是“某人不知道,無(wú)法得知”。除此之外in the dark也有“秘密地,偷偷摸摸地”意思。
例:
They must have signed that contract in the dark because our legal team definitely would have advised them against it.
他們一定是偷偷簽的合同,因?yàn)槲覀兊姆蓤F(tuán)隊(duì)肯定會(huì)建議他們不要這么做。
如果你真的想表達(dá)某人處在黑暗當(dāng)中,你可以說(shuō)成someone be in the darkness。更多的情況下,我們也會(huì)見(jiàn)到 in the dark 在句子中作狀語(yǔ),并不是直接和人連用。
例:
We lost our way in the dark.
我們?cè)诤诎抵忻粤寺贰?/p>
In the dark I bumped into a chair.
我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。