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Sandburg and lindsay walked the tight-rope; if the tension of their verse slackened; they were precipitated into extremes of prosiness or sentimentality .
桑德伯格和林赛走的是绷紧的钢索;假如他们的诗在张力上一放松,就要摔到两个极端去,不是平淡无味,就是无病呻吟。
n. 单调ˌ平凡; 散文体
Sandburg and lindsay walked the tight-rope; if the tension of their verse slackened; they were precipitated into extremes of prosiness or sentimentality .
桑德伯格和林赛走的是绷紧的钢索;假如他们的诗在张力上一放松,就要摔到两个极端去,不是平淡无味,就是无病呻吟。