I've been groping in the dark in a number of years.

多年来，我一直在黑暗中摸索。

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When it grew dark, a number of colored lamps were lit, and the sailors danced merrily on the deck.

当天黑的时候，彩色的灯光就亮起来了，水手们愉快地在甲板上跳起舞来。

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If you have a number of dark skinned people, dark colors like navy and black will blend into the skin and make for an unclear picture.

如果你的家人多数是深色肌肤，那么诸如藏青和黑色这样的颜色就会和人们的肤色混淆，从而使你的照片看上去色彩模糊。

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Well, it's around 750, a great number of the changes that moved the Greeks away from the Dark Age kind of society to the full scale polis begin.

在大约公元前七百五十年,发生了许多变化,这些变化将希腊从黑暗时代的社会形态中拽出,进而开始了全面的城邦社会

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