a leap in the dark
/ə ˌliːp ɪn ðə ˈdɑːk/NEUTRAL · C1
中文对应
没有直接对应的说法
字面意思: «在黑暗中纵身一跃»
含义
a risky choice when you cannot know the result
结果无法预知的冒险选择.
例句
- 1Moving to a country where she didn't speak the language was a leap in the dark for Aisha.
- 2Starting a family business is always a leap in the dark.
- 3Nobody knew if the new app would find any users, so launching it was a leap in the dark.
- 4Buying a house you've never seen in person is a leap in the dark.
- 5For Ben, leaving a safe job to study music was a leap in the dark, but he's never regretted it.
语法
名词短语,通常用在 be 或 take 之后。保留 a 和 the dark。
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