Unlit means dark because no light has been turned on or lit. An unlit street has no working street lamps; an unlit room, an unlit hallway, an unlit path — all mean you cannot see well, and the word usually comes with a feeling of slight danger or loneliness. Writers love it for that: 'she walked home down an unlit lane'.

Unlit means darkunlit的意思是暗的，because no light has been turned on or lit因為沒有燈被打開，或沒有東西被點燃。An unlit street has no working street lampsunlit street指的是沒有路燈能用的街道；an unlit room, an unlit hallway, an unlit path還有unlit room（暗房間）、unlit hallway（暗走廊）、unlit path（暗路）——all mean you cannot see well都是說你看不清楚，and the word usually comes with a feeling of slight danger or loneliness而且這個字通常帶一點危險或孤單的感覺。Writers love it for that作家很喜歡用這個字營造這種感覺：'she walked home down an unlit lane'像「she walked home down an unlit lane」（她走過一條沒有燈的小巷回家）。

It has a second, quieter use for things that burn: an unlit candle, an unlit cigarette, an unlit fire — one that is sitting there ready but nobody has put a match to it yet. Notice how different that feels; there is no darkness in it at all, just something waiting. Which meaning you have depends entirely on the noun.

It has a second, quieter use for things that burn它還有第二個比較低調的用法，用在會燃燒的東西上：an unlit candle, an unlit cigarette, an unlit fire像unlit candle（沒點的蠟燭）、unlit cigarette（沒點的菸）、unlit fire（沒生的火）——one that is sitting there ready but nobody has put a match to it yet意思是它已經準備好了，只是還沒有人點火。Notice how different that feels注意這種感覺差很多；there is no darkness in it at all這裡完全沒有「暗」的意思，just something waiting只是有東西在等著被點燃。Which meaning you have depends entirely on the noun到底是哪個意思，完全看後面接的名詞。

It is nearly always used before a noun, and it belongs more to writing than to speech; in conversation people say 'the lights weren't on' or 'he hadn't lit it yet'.

It is nearly always used before a noun這個字幾乎都放在名詞前面用，and it belongs more to writing than to speech而且比較屬於書面語，不太用在口語；in conversation people say 'the lights weren't on' or 'he hadn't lit it yet'平常說話大家會說「the lights weren't on」或「he hadn't lit it yet」。