black sth out
1. to make a place dark by turning off lights, covering windows, etc.
使(某处)变黑暗
A power failure blacked out the city last night.
昨晚停电造成整个城市一片漆黑。
a house with blacked out windows
窗户被遮住不透光的房子
missing
找不到的;不在的;丢失的
同义词:lost
Two files have gone missing.
两个档案不见了。
They still hoped to find their missing son.
他们仍然希望找到他们丢失的儿子。
investigation into sth
1. an official examination of the facts about a situation, crime, etc.
(正式的)调查,侦查
a criminal / murder / police investigation
刑事/凶案/警方调查
The police have completed their investigations into the accident.
警察已完成对这次事故的调查。
divulge sth to sb
(formal) to give sb information that is supposed to be secret
泄漏,透露(秘密)
同义词:reveal
Police refused to divulge the identity of the suspect.
警方拒绝透露嫌疑犯的身分。
point
时刻;关头;瞬间;阶段
The climber was at / on the point of death when they found him.
当他们发现那个登山者的时候,他已奄奄一息。
We were on the point of giving up.
我们当时几乎要放弃了。