核心畫面

Picture the light going out: nothing has been added to the room, something has been taken away, and now you cannot see what is there. That missing-light state is the whole word — and because not being able to see is , English also uses it for evil.

可以想成:燈熄了。房間裡沒有多出任何東西,是有東西被拿走了,於是你看不見裡面有什麼。這個「光不見了」的狀態就是這個字更多收起可以想成:燈熄了。房間裡沒有多出任何東西,是有東西被拿走了,於是你看不見裡面有什麼。這個「光不見了」的狀態就是這個字的全部;也因為看不見會讓人不安,英文才用同一個字來講邪惡。

From the picture

象徵邪惡的黑

把看不見的那份不安放大:黑暗被寫成一股會傷人的力量,跟光明站在對立面。

evil · noun · B2

Evil, seen as a dark and frightening power.

邪惡

Also in this word

absence of light · noun · B2

The state of having no light.

黑暗

depth of colour · noun · B2

How dark a colour or material is.

深暗(顏色)

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

darknessnoun/ˈdɑːk.nəs/

  • 1

    The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

    • The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
    • Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.
  • 2

    The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

    • The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
  • 3

    Any space that such colour pervades.

    • Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
  • 4

    Gloom; gloominess; depression.

  • 5

    The product of being dark.

  • 6

    Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

    • And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.
  • 7

    Secrecy; concealment.

  • 8

    Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

    • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

    • My own dim life should teach me this, ⁠That life shall live for evermore, ⁠Else earth is darkness at the core, And dust and ashes all that is; […]
  • 10

    Hell.

    • Shepard: Can you tell me anything about the beacon? Dr. Warren: It's some type of data module from a galaxy-wide communications network. Remarkably well-preserved. It could be the greatest scientific discovery of our lifetime! Dr. Warren: Miraculous new technologies. Groundbreaking medical advances. Who knows what secrets are locked inside? Dr. Manuel: We have unearthed the heart of evil. Awakened the beast. Unleashed the darkness.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。