我们不能理解，但我们希望我们能理解。

We can't understand, but we wish we could.

youdao

我们不能理解它。我们喝了茶，看了一场歌剧。我希望下次能理解更多。

We couldn't understand it. We drank tea and watched an opera. I hope to understand more next time.

youdao

这看起来是我们不能理解的。

This is something we don't seem to comprehend.

youdao

We are not talking about the cure for cancer, but it does have it within it to help us make sense of things.

虽然诗歌不能治愈癌症,但它确实能够帮助我们理解事物。

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He's trying to indicate that there are things that we can't really know in a scientific way but we can glimpse.

他想说明有些事,我们并不能通过科学来理解,但我们能知道一点

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He's just insisting that we cannot understand writing to be derivative.

他只是想说明我们不能将书写理解成为衍生物。

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