If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, nor should we seek to invest with significance that which we cannot grasp.
如果我瞥見了只可意會(huì)不可言傳的事物，企圖把它說出來，那上不明智的；對(duì)于我們不理解的事物，我們也不應(yīng)該去賦予它某種意義。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 24 Beatuy
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
vt.& vi. 投資;花費(fèi);
vt. 授予，使就職;給…穿衣，裝飾;使充滿;覆蓋;
?? in進(jìn)+vest衣服→把衣服中的錢放進(jìn)事業(yè)中→投資
"They intended to invest hugely in new technology."
他們打算在新技術(shù)方面投入大量資金。
近義：place, vest, confer, endue, entrust
反義：shear, spoliate, strip, bereave, deprive, despoil
n. 意義;意思;重要性;
?? sign記號(hào)，信號(hào)+ific產(chǎn)生…的+ance名詞后綴→帶有信號(hào)→重要；意義
"a decision of major political significance"
具有重大政治意義的決定
近義：import, meaning, purport, purposefulness, sense, significancy
反義：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
n. 一瞥，一看;（古語）閃光;隱約的閃現(xiàn);模糊的感覺;
vi. 瞥見;
?? g(哥)+limp(lip)+se(色):我 瞥見哥的嘴唇蒼白，毫無血色 雞(g)對(duì)跛腳(limp)司儀(se)溫柔 一瞥 網(wǎng)友：yqy補(bǔ)充： 【同】glanc
"He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd."
他一眼瞥見她在人群里。
近義：peek, peep, pry, sight, spot, espy
adj. 說不出的;難以形容的;說不出口;
"He was silent, and I guessed at his unutterable depression."
他不講話了, 但我猜他有滿腔說不出的郁悶.
近義：ineffable, inexpressible, unmentionable, unpronounceable, unspeakable, untold
adj. 不明智的，不聰明的;愚蠢的;欠考慮的;輕率的;
"It would be unwise to comment on the situation without knowing all the facts."
不全面了解情況就對(duì)局勢妄加評(píng)論是不明智的。
近義：inadvisable, mistaken, unadvisable, unadvised, wrong, imprudent
反義：proper, wise, judicious, calculated, considered, deliberated