Wehavenotthereverentfeelingfortherainbowthatasavagehas,becauseweknowhowitismade.如何理解这句话,从英文方面怎么说

Question

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has,because we know how it is made.
如何理解这句话,从英文方面怎么说

Answer 1

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has,because we know how it is made.We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.----Mark Twain
我们不像一个野蛮人那样对彩虹有敬畏之感,因为我们知道它是怎么回事.我们对事物的窥探有得有失.——马克.吐温
意思是我们了解了某一样东西之后,就失去了对它的幻想
举个例子吧 如同月亮 我们古时候认为,月亮上面有嫦娥 有月兔 后来美国人登上了月球 证明它只是一颗冰冷而没有生命气息的卫星 很多人的幻想因此就破灭了