She was kept in the dark.她被蒙在鼓里。
讲解

Keep someone in the dark, dark 是“黑暗”的意思，让某人一直在黑暗里，其实是“让他们蒙在鼓里，不知道发生了什么”，to not tell them important things that other people know.

比如：这个女孩被蒙在鼓里，She was kept in the dark. 她对发生的事情一无所知，可以用介词 about，She was kept in the dark about what happened. 平常我们对别人说，你不能瞒我，就可以说：You cannot keep me in the dark.

发音

Dark 这个词，注意不要读成大可，中间的元音是/ɑr/，dark，末尾的辅音读的很轻，/k/，dark，in the dark. keep someone in the dark.

重点拓展

我们一起来学习一下其他和 dark 有关的英文表达吧：

a dark horse

深藏不露的人；黑马，出人意料的获胜者

• Until recently A. S. Byatt was a dark horse, known only by those steeped in literature.

  一直到前不久，A.S.拜厄特都还是只为潜心研究文学的人所知晓的一匹黑马。

  
  

• Don't think you'll beat him easily, he may be a dark horse.

  不要以为你会轻而易举地胜过他，他可能是出人意料的高手。

  
  

a shot/stab in the dark

瞎猜，盲动，盲干

• The figure he came up with was really just a shot in the dark.

  他得出的数字实际上只是瞎猜而已。

  
  

• We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right.

  我们是没有根据的，只不过瞎猜，可是结果却猜对了。

  
  

after/before dark

天黑后 / 前，黄昏后 / 前

• With luck, we'll be home before dark.

  如果一切顺利的话，我们可在天黑前回到家。

  
  

• Don't go out alone after dark.

  天黑后不要单独外出。

  
  

翻译

I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.