What if a newspaper describes a politician as a dark horse? This means nobody knows much about him.
要是报纸把某一政客描述为dark horse呢?这说明“没有人很了解他”。
例句:Our congressman had been in Washington 20 years and thought we‘d keep voting for him forever. This year, though, the other party nominated a dark horse out of nowhere. He kept telling voters it was time for a change and he won the election.
我们的国会议员已经在华盛顿二十年了,他以为我们会永远投他的票。然而,今年另一个党提名了一个不知从那儿冒出来的人,谁也不认识他。他不断地告诉选民,现在是进行改变的时候了。结果他当选了。