英语释义

1. the continent of Africa
It was by the merest caprice of fortune that they headed toward the west coast of Africa, instead of toward Zanzibar on the opposite side of the dark continent.
— Edgar Rice Burroughs … little was actually known about the interior of the Dark Continent until the mid-1800s.
— Angus Carroll

2. something unknown or unexplored
From Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the world received the shocking discovery that man had opened the dark continent of the atom.
— Daniel J. Boorstein

片语

Africa dark continent非洲

Through the Dark Continent穿越黑色大陆

Monsters The Dark Continent怪兽黑暗大陆

Africa非洲

英汉例句

• as drucker said later, it was as though he had single-handedly begun an expedition to map 「the dark continent of management.」

  德鲁克后来说到，当时就好像他单枪匹马开始了探索「黑暗的管理大陆」的旅程。

• a nuclear africa might make some western environmentalists (not to mention nonproliferation advocates) uncomfortable, but lighting up a dark continent is going to take more than good intentions.

  一个核非洲也许会让一些西方的环保主义者（更不用说防扩散的拥护者）不舒服，但是点燃一个黑暗的大洲将不仅仅是善意。

• the pride of africa is a train journey that no nature lover should ever miss if they wish to explore the beauty, majesty and the hidden grandeur of the spectacular dark continent at a leisurely pace.

  热爱自然的人，只要想放慢脚步探索黑色大陆的美丽、庄严和宏伟，非洲之傲是绝对不能错过的火车旅程。火车舒适无比，简直无可挑剔。

• it is no longer the dark continent in continual economic free fall, wallowing in debt, poverty and disease.

  它也不再是经济像**落体那样下滑的黑暗**，不再沉溺于债务、贫穷和疾病。