darkness
/ˈdɑːknɪs/noun
mass noun
1
- the partial or total absence of light黑暗：
the office was in darkness.
办公室一片黑暗。
1.1
- night夜晚：
they began to make camp before darkness fell.
他们天黑之前安营。
1.2
- the quality of being dark in colour暗色, 深色：
the darkness of his jacket.
他夹克的暗色。
2
- wickedness or evil罪恶, 邪恶：
the forces of darkness.
邪恶势力。
2.1
- unhappiness, distress, or gloom忧郁, 痛苦, 忧伤：
moments of darkness were rare.
阴郁悲伤的时候很少。
2.2
- secrecy or mystery秘密, 神秘：
they drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings.
他们为整个过程披上了神秘的面纱。
2.3
- lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; ignorance蒙昧, 无知：
his accomplishments shone in a world of darkness.
他的成就在蒙昧的世界中光芒闪耀。