But can we blame those who looked and failed to see what Galileo saw, if we remember that to use a telescope at the limit of its powers calls for long experience and intimate familiarity with one's instrument?
但是，如果我们想到，便用一架倍数有限的望远镜需要长期的经验和对自己仪器的熟悉程度，那么我们怎么能去责备观察了天空但没有看到伽利略所看到的东西的那些人呢？
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 32 Galileo reborn
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 记得;牢记;
vt. 记着;纪念;回想起;送钱[礼物]给…;
💡 re再+member记忆→再记得→回忆；记住
"She had a blackout and couldn't remember anything about the accident."
她眼前一黑，那场事故就怎么也想不起来了。
近义：awake, recall, recollect, retrospect, revive, celebrate
反义：neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn, bury, disappear
n. 望远镜;
vt.& vi. （使某物）变短（叠缩在一起）;（使某物）叠缩，嵌入;
vt. 压缩某物使其少占空间或时间;
💡 tele远，传送+scope看→看远方→望远镜
"to look at the stars through a telescope"
用望远镜观察星星
近义：abridge, abstract, shorten, summarize, vignette, brief
limit
['lɪmɪt]
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词根: 界限
n. 限制;限量，限度;界限;
vt. 限制，限定;
💡 lim门槛，限制+it名词后缀 → 限制
"to reduce the speed limit in built-up areas"
在楼房林立的地区降低最高车速限制
近义：narrow, prohibit, qualify, restrain, restrict, stint
反义：increase, magnify, augment, outstretch, project, stretch
n. 经验，体验;经历，阅历;
vt. 亲身参与，亲身经历;感受;发现;
💡 ex出+per尝试+ience名词后缀→尝试出来的东西→经验
"Salary will be commensurate with experience."
薪金将会与资历相称。
近义：career, tradition, undergo, savvy, skill, expertise
反义：inexpertness, rawness, unskillfulness, callowness
adj. 亲密的，亲近的;私人的，个人的;内部的;直接的;
n. 至交;密友;
v. 暗示，提示;宣布，通知;
💡 intim内心的+ate...的 → 内心的 → 亲近的；不说出口的 → 亲密的 暗示
"We're not on intimate terms with our neighbours."
我们和邻居来往不多。
近义：hint, imply, insinuate, mean, propose, purport
反义：break, isolated, outlying, remote, removed, retired