阴暗

• 拼音: yīn àn
• 汉字拆解: 阴 = 阜 + 侌 (mound + obscured sun — the shaded side, darkness, Yin); 暗 = 日 + 音 (sun + sound — sun muffled/obscured, darkness)

含义

Dark and gloomy; shadowy and dim. Figuratively: sinister, murky, psychologically dark or morally corrupt.

Covers both literal and figurative domains. Literal: a physically dark, dim environment (阴暗的角落 — a dark corner, 阴暗潮湿 — dark and damp). Figurative: a sinister or psychologically unhealthy state (阴暗心理 — a dark mentality, 阴暗面 — the dark side, 阴暗势力 — shadowy forces). Common in literary, social commentary, and political analysis contexts. Negative connotation in figurative use.

例句

1. 政府报告揭示了网络上某些阴暗角落存在的有组织犯罪网络，呼吁平台方加强内容监控与用户举报机制的完善。
2. 这部犯罪题材小说细腻地刻画了主角在长期创伤经历下逐渐形成的阴暗心理，笔触真实而不失克制。
3. 城市快速更新的背后，往往存在一些鲜为人知的阴暗面，包括旧社区被强制清退、底层居民被迫迁移等令人痛心的现实。

用法指南

语境: literature, social commentary, psychology, journalism

语气: critical

正确说法

• 纪录片直面现实的阴暗面，采访多名涉毒犯罪者，揭示制度漏洞背后的人道代价。(The documentary faces the dark side of reality directly, interviewing several drug-related offenders to reveal the human cost behind systemic loopholes.)
• 心理学研究者指出，长期压抑真实情绪而形成的阴暗心理如果得不到及时的专业干预，往往会在某一临界点以破坏性的外向行为方式爆发出来。(Psychology researchers point out that a dark mentality formed by prolonged suppression of genuine emotions, if it does not receive timely professional intervention, often erupts at some critical threshold in the form of destructive outward behaviour.)

错误说法

• 今天天气阴暗极了 — 阴暗 emphasises psychological or moral darkness, not simply overcast weather; for cloudy or dim weather say 今天天色很阴 or 天空阴沉沉的; 阴暗 for literal physical space works but implies neglect or menace, not just low light

起源与历史

阴 (shade/darkness/Yin — 阜 mound + 侌 clouds covering the sun; the shaded side, darkness) + 暗 (dark/dim — 日 sun + 音 sound; the sun muffled, obscured)

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal