By this time, night had begun to fall, dogs barked and the men melted into the darkness.

当时，夜幕开始降临，狗吠叫着，战士们消失在黑暗之中。

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He seeks "a rational explanation for a truly chaotic conflict" and refuses to fall back on easy answers like the wanton savagery of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".

他试图“为一场完全混乱的冲突”寻找“一个合理的解释”，拒绝回到像约瑟夫·康拉德的《黑暗的心》中所描述的恣意的野蛮这般简单的答案。

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Only as darkness began to fall did we reach something resembling open countryside, with dirt roads bisecting a flat landscape.

只有当夜幕降临的时候，一条满是尘埃的路划开索然无味的风景，我们尚能感受到一点类似乡野开阔的景象。

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When Sampras eventually beat Patrick Rafter after four sets of high-quality tennis, the darkness had begun to fall.

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Crest will fall on trough, and the result will be darkness.

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Short-sellers tend to move under cover of darkness, launching stealthy guerrilla raids on stocks they deem ready for a fall.

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