1. in the dark
1) 在黑暗中 （一般情況的黑暗或一時的黑暗）
The blind live in the dark.
盲人在黑暗中生活。
In the dark my sense of hearing becomes so acute.
黑暗中我的聽覺變得異常靈敏。
Camp fires flared like beacons in the dark.
營火突然熊熊燃燒起來，看上去就像黑暗中的航標燈。
Her mother was sitting in the dark by the stove in her rocking chair
她母親坐在爐邊暗處的搖椅裡。
She bumped into me in the dark.
她在黑暗中衝撞在我身上。
We lost the way in the dark.
我們在黑暗中迷路。
Groping in the dark, he suddenly touched something.
他在暗中摸索著，忽然觸動了什麼東西。
He groped for the door handle in the dark.
他在暗中摸索著找門把手。
In the dark I bumped into a chair.
我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
2) 不為人知 、茫然不知、被矇在鼓裡（其實漢語也經常說我對這個事情兩眼一抹黑。）
Even my mother is in the dark about it, to say nothing of me!
這事連我媽都不知道，別說我了！
The investigators admit that they are completely in the dark about the killing
調查人員承認他們對這起謀殺一無所知。
I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this
我設法對父母瞞下了此事。
I feel completely in the dark on this question.
這件事使我感到茫然。
Thank you for bringing me the news. I've been living in the dark till now!
謝謝你給我透了個信；我真是矇在鼓裡呀！
He kept me in the dark about it.
他將此事隱瞞不讓我知道。
We were completely in the dark as to his future plans.
對他的未來計劃我們全然不知。
Being new here, I'm very much in the dark myself!
我剛來，真是丈二和尚摸不著頭腦！
We cannot keep him in the dark about this any longer.
這件事不能再瞞著他了。
He kept me in the dark about it.
他將此事隱瞞不讓我知道。
2. in (the) darkness 在黑暗中（只有指一時的黑暗情況一個意思）
如：The room was in darkness
房間一片漆黑。
Fireflies sparked in the darkness.
螢火蟲在黑暗中發光。
I stood alone in the darkness,
黑暗中我獨自矗立。
He lay in the darkness, pretending to sleep.
他躺在黑暗中，假裝睡覺。
John had been sitting, unobserved, in the darkness.
約翰一直坐在黑暗中，沒有被人察覺。
There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.
黑暗中只有一點零星的光亮。
He hurried into the hall, banging his shin against a chair in the darkness.
他匆匆步入大廳，黑暗中小腿撞到了一把椅子上。
We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness.
我們看見又有兩隻野貓在黑暗中悄悄向我們靠近。
Any straggler that fell behind or got lost in the darkness was easy prey for the enemy.
任何在黑暗中落伍或走失的掉隊者都很容易成為敵人的攻擊目標。
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