the Dark Ages

This benighted country; benighted ages of barbarism and superstition; the dark ages; a dark age in the history of education.

这个愚昧的国家；野蛮、迷信的愚昧时期；无知的年代；教育史上的无知时期。

Now a lot of robotics is very impressive, but manipulation robotics is really just in the dark ages.

如今许多项机器人技术已经相当厉害，可是在机器人动作控制方面我们遇到了瓶颈，看不到曙光。

We see the dark ages as a time of brutality.

我们把黑暗时代视为野蛮残酷的年景。

Fifty-three years have passed since President John F. Kennedy enacted the Cuban trade embargo, ushering in a Dark Ages for American cigar enthusiasts.

自约翰·F·肯尼迪（John F.Kennedy）总统下令对古巴实行贸易禁运，至今已有53年了。这一禁令开启了美国雪茄爱好者的“黑暗时代”。

We still have one foot in the dark ages.

我们的一只脚还在中世纪的黑暗时代中。

We the dark ages as a time of brutality.

我们把黑暗时代视为野蛮残酷的年景.

Back in the dark ages, this might not have mattered so much, but in the modern, interconnected world, planning international meetings happens thousands and thousands of times daily.

如果回到黑暗时期，这可能不是那么重要，但在现代相互连结的世界，国际会议的安排每天都会发生几千次。

When were the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages?

什么时候是“愚昧黑暗时代”和“中世纪”？

Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company.

早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

Cutting emissions would push them from just above subsistence back, literally, to the dark ages.

削减排放会将他们从勉强维生的状态, 推回至真正的黑暗时代.

Making these people cut emissions would" push them from just above subsistence back to the dark ages", say the authors.

这组作者说，让这些人削减排放无异于“让他们从勉强生活倒退回中世纪”。

Is you living in the dark ages or something?

你是中世纪长大的还是怎样？

we still call this planet, Earth: it's pretty extraordinary we have one foot in the dark ages.

我们仍然叫这个行星地球，真是相当的不可思议。我们的一只脚在黑暗时代里。

Back in the dark ages some schoolteachers used to say this to the children in their care before administering corporal punishment.

过去在黑暗时代，老师们在体罚孩子之前总是这样说。

And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe.

于是文明照亮了欧洲的黑暗时代。

In history the Dark Ages are regarded as having begun somewhere about the tenth century.

历史上欧洲中世纪被认为是在第十世纪左右开始的.

When it comes to technology, some of these companies are still in the dark ages.

谈到技术，这些公司有的仍然处于愚昧黑暗时期。

You catch that, you're stuck in the dark ages.

你发现了那点，你就会被打回中古世纪。

During the dark ages, the German tribes regularly made raids on the latins.

中世纪初期，日耳曼人部落经常袭击拉丁人。

In the dark ages before broadband, I might have tried to tap into the collective wisdom on this scourge of modern life by asking family or neighbours.

在宽带出现之前的黑暗时代，我或许已经尝试向家人或邻居求助，利用集体智慧对付这一现代生活的灾难。

But how are such observations possible if, initially at least, the Dark Ages were dark?

但如果黑暗期真是黯淡无光的话(至少在刚开始时), 又如何能够进行这种观测 呢 ?

Carolus renaissance is a significant period of culture in the Dark Ages of Europe.

加洛林文艺复兴是在中世纪欧洲“黑暗时代”出现的一个重要的历史文化现象。

Back in the dark ages of my career, for example, when I used to write about beauty products for glossy magazines, I often carted my husband-to-be with me to spas in exotic Caribbean locales.

例如，回想起我职业生涯的黑暗时代，我曾为奢华杂志撰写过关于美容产品的文章，那时我常拽着未婚夫和我一起到异国的加勒比海泡温泉。

Meanwhile, Europe started climbing out of the Dark Ages with the first industry and monuments such as the great medieval cathedrals and castles.

而此时，欧洲正在走出天主教和城堡统治下的中世纪黑暗时代。

We may someday look back at wi-fi as technology from the dark ages.

我们总有一天会追忆来自于黑暗时代wi-fi技术。

Augustus's mausoleum fell to ruins and thieves during the Dark Ages.

奥古斯都的陵墓在黑暗时代惨遭毁坏盗窃。

The manuscripts of the dark ages are littered with accounts of miraculous happenings.

欧洲中世纪的手稿中满是有关奇迹的记载。

During the dark ages, when the vampire's actions start to expose

中世纪时期吸血鬼的行径逐渐暴露

So even if you don't remember the dark ages before CDs, you may soon be able to enjoy down-loadable old-time music, courtesy of the digital revolution.

因此即使你不记得CD出现之前的黑暗时代，但很快你就能享受到可下载的旧时音乐，这是数字改革的恩惠。

And you'll help take this country out of the dark ages.

你将帮助这国家脱离黑暗时代。