| 单词 | in the dark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the dark a. The state or condition of being concealed, unknown, or obscure; obscurity. Chiefly in in the dark: in concealment or secrecy; in obscurity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] > making obscure > obscure condition darknessc1384 darkc1405 veiledness1662 occultness1727 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Cook's Tale (Hengwrt) (1870) l. 4338 If euer..Herde I a Millere bettre yset awerk, He hadde a iape of malice in the derk. 1553 T. Paynell Pandectes Euangelycall Lawe ii. xxi. f. 33 Pray to thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openlye. (To doe a thynge in the darke, is onlye to wyll to be sene of God). 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlii. sig. P8 Vice,..euer thinks in this darke, to hide her abhorred foulnesse. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) ii. §4 147 No man truely knowes another. This I perceive in my selfe, for I am in the darke to all the world, and my nearest friends behold mee but in a cloud. View more context for this quotation 1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. Pref. p. ii All he says of himself is, that he is an Obscure Person; One, I suppose, he means, that is in the Dark..that he may take advantage from thence to attack the Reputation of others, without hazarding his own. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcvi. 342 Such legislation..is usually procured in the dark and by questionable means. 1975 Salt Lake Tribune 1 Mar. 15/5 We do not want..a government that sneaks around doing business in the dark. 2018 Namibian Sun (Nexis) 13 Dec. We saw things that were done in the dark come to light. in the dark (about, as to, etc.) 3. A state of ignorance. Chiefly in in the dark (about, as to, etc.): in a state of ignorance (about something); lacking knowledge or information (about something); frequently in to keep (a person) in the dark (about, as to, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective] thestera900 thestria900 blindc1000 darkc1350 lightless?1406 obscurea1500 mistya1522 blinded1535 unilluminated1579 unlightened1587 stone-blind1596 endarkened1612 dark1628 benighted1637 unenlightened1650 bedarkened1655 unirradiated1792 darkened1856 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. f. 243 She sayes I may as well goe talke to stones, As tell them ought. For, they are in the dark; And, what they see and heare, they do not mark. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 145 If here again we enquire how this is done, we are equally in the dark. 1701 J. Edwards Free Disc. conc. Truth & Error 76 They were all in the dark as to these Profound Points. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 202 I hope you will no longer keep me in the dark. Of what am I suspected? 1881 United Service Sept. 380 We were left in the dark as to the real cause of our enemy's sudden and unexpected departure. 1958 J. Kerouac Interview in Empty Phantoms (2005) 70 I'm as completely in the dark about all this new cruel ganging-up business as you..or anyone else. 2016 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Apr. 39/2 He seizes on evidence that suggests Thatcher was somehow kept in the dark about the true nature of the European enterprise. < as lemmas |
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