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untempered adj.1.【冶金】未回火的;〔比喻〕未經鍛煉的。2.(...

untenable

The mother s impassioned state had been the medium through which were transmitted to the unborn infant the rays of its moral life ; and , however white and clear originally , they had taken the deep stains of crimson and gold , the fiery lustre , the black shadow , and the untempered light , of the intervening substance 做母親的激動心態始終是將道德生活的光束傳送給孕育著的胎兒的媒介不管這些光束原先是多么潔白,總要深深地染上中問體的排紅和金黃火焰般的光輝漆黑曲陰影和飄忽不定的光彩。

Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter , that it shall fall : there shall be an overflowing shower ; and ye , o great hailstones , shall fall ; and a stormy wind shall rend it 結13 : 11所以你要對那些抹上未泡透灰的人說、墻要倒塌、必有暴雨漫過大冰雹阿、你們要降下、狂風也要吹裂這墻。

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed ; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition 沒有理智的感情固然淡而無味,但缺乏感情的理智也太苦澀粗糙,叫人難以下咽。