Children are sometimes afraid of the dark. But what do you think this expression might mean?
孩子们有时怕黑。但你认为这个短语是什么意思呢?
除了表示“在黑暗中”以外，还可以表示什么呢？ 下面我们根据一则对话来猜猜这个短语的意思！
对话理解：
A: What was all that shouting about earlier?
A: 你刚才大喊什么来着?
B: Kim and Craig broke up, but they still have to work together.
B: 金姆和克雷格分手了，但他们仍然还要一起工作。
A: Wait, Kim and Craig were dating?
A: 等等，金姆和克雷格在约会?
B: How can you be so in the dark with this one? They were always holding hands and making kissy faces…
B: 你怎么能对这件事一无所知呢? 他们经常手牵手，还接吻……
A: Forget I asked!
A:就当我刚刚没问！
总了个结：
When you are “in the dark”, you are not informed about a situation. You don’t have all the facts, or maybe you don’t want all the facts, but you can also be kept in the dark on purpose—by a friend, company or government.
当你“in the dark”时，你不知道情况。你不知道所有的事实，或者你不想知道所有的事实，但是你也可以被朋友、公司或政府故意蒙在鼓里。
in the dark in ðə dɑ:k] 在黑暗中;不为人知;茫然;秘密地
举个例子：
1
Thank you for bringing me the news. I've been living in the dark till now!
谢谢你给我透了个信；我真是蒙在鼓里呀！
2
Even my mother is in the dark about it, to say nothing of me!
这事连我妈都不知道，别说我了！
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