The terror is incomprehensible to most of us, because blindness is thought to epitomize ignorance and unawareness, hapless exposure to the ravages of the dark unknown.
对于我们大多数人来说， 这都是难以想象的恐怖， 因为失明 被认为是无知无觉的缩影， 不幸地暴露在未知黑暗的残迹之中。