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.
如果我瞥见了只可意会不可言传的事物，企图把它说出来，那上不明智的；对于我们不理解的事物，我们也不应该去赋予它某种意义。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 24 Beatuy
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 投资;花费;
vt. 授予，使就职;给…穿衣，装饰;使充满;覆盖;
💡 in进+vest衣服→把衣服中的钱放进事业中→投资
"They intended to invest hugely in new technology."
他们打算在新技术方面投入大量资金。
近义：place, vest, confer, endue, entrust
反义：shear, spoliate, strip, bereave, deprive, despoil
n. 意义;意思;重要性;
💡 sign记号，信号+ific产生…的+ance名词后缀→带有信号→重要；意义
"a decision of major political significance"
具有重大政治意义的决定
近义：import, meaning, purport, purposefulness, sense, significancy
反义：nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy
n. 一瞥，一看;（古语）闪光;隐约的闪现;模糊的感觉;
vi. 瞥见;
💡 g(哥)+limp(lip)+se(色):我 瞥见哥的嘴唇苍白，毫无血色 鸡(g)对跛脚(limp)司仪(se)温柔 一瞥 网友：yqy补充： 【同】glanc
"He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd."
他一眼瞥见她在人群里。
近义：peek, peep, pry, sight, spot, espy
adj. 说不出的;难以形容的;说不出口;
"He was silent, and I guessed at his unutterable depression."
他不讲话了, 但我猜他有满腔说不出的郁闷.
近义：ineffable, inexpressible, unmentionable, unpronounceable, unspeakable, untold
adj. 不明智的，不聪明的;愚蠢的;欠考虑的;轻率的;
"It would be unwise to comment on the situation without knowing all the facts."
不全面了解情况就对局势妄加评论是不明智的。
近义：inadvisable, mistaken, unadvisable, unadvised, wrong, imprudent
反义：proper, wise, judicious, calculated, considered, deliberated