新概念英语第四册28-03

...and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries;

braying : donkey的嘶叫

mysteries :god disaster :天灾

empty

接下来课文...if these intimations of a something behind and beyond are not evil humour born of indigestion,

intimations : 暗示 联想

a something :指前面所联想的东西.

beyond :higher universe

behind:inside / inside my heart

to express the emotion that it rouses in him

born of indigestion: come from misunderstanding

接下来课文...or whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us, ...

mock :joke

devil : hell

接下来课文...if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.

seek to : try to

接下来课文...If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, ...