中英惯用短语:
  • v.  我不久就完全打消了天以前赶到家里的想法.   I soon renounced all thought of getting home before dark
  • adj.  我们可望天以前到达.   Hopefully, we'll arrive before dark
  • adj.  我们在暗中看不见路.   We couldn't see our way in the pitch-dark
  •   我们按说能在天前到达.   We should arrive before dark
  • v.  我们的眼睛在暗中看不见东西.   Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness
  • v.  我们趁摆脱了追踪的人.   We managed to lose our pursuers in the darkness
  • v.  我已讲明要红漆, 不要漆.   I stipulated red paint, not black
  • v.  我得在暗中摸索著找电灯开关.   I had to feel about in the dark for the light switch
  • v.  我想把後背晒得再点儿.   I want to tan my back a bit more
  • n.  我最好的一条裤袜给划破了.   I have a snag in my best black tights
  • n.  我有两个孩子, 一个头发是金色的, 一个是色的.   I have one fair and one dark child
  • n.  我爱上的总是深褐色头发、 浅色皮肤的白种女子, 这是我的缘分.   It's my karma always to fall in love with brunettes
  • n.  我独自待在暗处就感到心慌.   Being alone in the dark gives me the heebie-jeebies
  • v.  我的皮肤一晒就黑.   My skin tans easily
  • n.  我看见暗中有个人影走近.   I saw a figure approaching in the darkness
  • adj.  我穿色礼服参加聚会--万无一失. > safely adv. safeness n [U]   I'm wearing black for the party it's always a safe bet.