He knew not why. There in the black darkness by the side of the body, he remembered everything without a shock.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Each year it's dramatized by the cycle of the seasons, And at a certain time of the year it seems that The forces of darkness and chaos are prevailing but each spring, Once again, cosmic order and life return.

每年这冲突都由季节的轮回戏剧性地体现出来，仿佛是每年都有一个时期,弥散着黑暗和混乱的势力，可是每当春天来临，宇庙的秩序又恢复了。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Consider just the following passage from Leviathan with one of my favorite titles from the book, a chapter called "Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy " and Fabulous Traditions."

只需想想《利维坦》中如下的段落,它有一个我很喜欢的标题，这一章叫做,“空虚的哲学和神怪的传说,所造成的黑暗“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Standing at the entrance of the tunnel I could see ahead of me a darkness so absolutely black it seemed a solid.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

It might be darkness. It might be spirit. Or in ancient Greek religion, a more sort of philosophical polytheism, it might be fate.

它可以是黑暗，也可以是一种精神，在古希腊的一个，偏向于哲学上多神论的宗教中，它可以是命运。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

With his force of less than twenty men, John Brown moved through the darkness down to the bridge that crossed the Potomac River.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

We're afraid of spiders, snakes, heights, storms, large animals, darkness, blood, strangers, humiliation, deep water, and leaving home alone.

我们害怕蜘蛛，蛇，高地，暴雨，大型动物，黑暗，血，陌生人，侮辱，深水，独自在家。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Words like these come to mind as visitors enter a world of silence, darkness and cold, almost two hundred thirty meters under the ground.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

They're not bidden to be cast out in to utter darkness where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.

没有因为无所事事而受惩罚,他们没有被罚去充满哭泣声和牙齿的无尽的黑暗里。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

she said. Olive kept looking into the darkness of the barn to see where Maudie was.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

In fact, the text says "and there is darkness on the face of deep."

事实上，文中说“混沌的表面一片黑暗“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We've lit candles, we've turned off the lights, everyone is sitting in darkness except for the lights of their candles as the final reading is read.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

The Apology takes place in the Court of Athens, the most public of settings, while the Crito occurs within the darkness and confinement of a prison cell.

苏格拉底自辩篇》发生在雅典的法庭，最公开的场合；,而《克里托篇》则是在,阴暗幽禁的监狱牢房之中。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He seemed a part of the darkness and silence of the forest, for no one had ever known him to smile or speak an unnecessary word.

VOA: special.2011.02.26

She used her skill in mixing darkness and light to create works of art.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

He waitedwaited there in the darkness through what seemed like centuries of such fear.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

And the two old men disappeared into the darkness of the Stanislau.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Let us not live with the thought of such darkness.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

There was an instant of extreme cold and total darkness.

VOA: special.2010.07.10