In the gathering darkness, it seemed like he was looking past me.

在逐渐聚拢的黑暗中，他似乎是在向我身后看去。

youdao

He has a stern face and he simply nods before shooting off into the gathering darkness.

他一脸严肃地点点头，开车驶入越来越浓的夜色中。

youdao

On the left of the road, mounds of some sort, that might be last year's stacks or might be a village, rose up in the gathering darkness.

在路的左边，是类似土墩样的东西，可能是去年的草垛，也可能是一个村庄，站立在渐渐围拢的黑暗里。

youdao

There was no moon, and the stars were high and faint, but the rails shone clear and far, as if they were gathering, out of the poverty of darkness, the light that had been scattered in the gloom.

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