the intrinsic nature of the taste. After all,

也许会忽略一点
the intrinsic nature of the taste was positive.

品味的本质始终是正面积极的
Or, if you just focused on the intrinsic character

相反倘若你只把目光定格在
of the not-having the meal.

没能享用美食上
After all, not having the meal is just an absence of a certain experience.

吃不了不过是缺失某种体验而已
To capture what's excruciatingly undesirable about the two,

想要比较这两点谁更恶劣
you need to think about the two in combination.

你必须将它们联系起来
It's an interaction effect.

这就是交互作用
And we might think, look,

我们也许认为
this is one of the negative things about

体验便是生命消逝前
the human condition that we get a taste of life--

对人类境况的
nothing more--before it's snatched away.

一种否定