讲解
Keep someone in the dark, dark 是“黑暗”的意思,让某人一直在黑暗里,其实是“让他们蒙在鼓里,不知道发生了什么”,to not tell them important things that other people know.
比如:这个女孩被蒙在鼓里,She was kept in the dark. 她对发生的事情一无所知,可以用介词 about,She was kept in the dark about what happened. 平常我们对别人说,你不能瞒我,就可以说:You cannot keep me in the dark.
发音
Dark 这个词,注意不要读成大可,中间的元音是/ɑr/,dark,末尾的辅音读的很轻,/k/,dark,in the dark. keep someone in the dark.
重点拓展我们一起来学习一下其他和 dark 有关的英文表达吧:
a dark horse
深藏不露的人;黑马,出人意料的获胜者
Until recently A. S. Byatt was a dark horse, known only by those steeped in literature.
一直到前不久,A.S.拜厄特都还是只为潜心研究文学的人所知晓的一匹黑马。
Don't think you'll beat him easily, he may be a dark horse.
不要以为你会轻而易举地胜过他,他可能是出人意料的高手。
a shot/stab in the dark
瞎猜,盲动,盲干
The figure he came up with was really just a shot in the dark.
他得出的数字实际上只是瞎猜而已。
We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right.
我们是没有根据的,只不过瞎猜,可是结果却猜对了。
after/before dark
天黑后 / 前,黄昏后 / 前
With luck, we'll be home before dark.
如果一切顺利的话,我们可在天黑前回到家。
Don't go out alone after dark.
天黑后不要单独外出。
翻译
I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.