By adding these additional cables, Roebling improved the bridge’s stability, while also reducing the weight on its anchor cables.

添加这些额外的电缆， Roebling 提高了桥梁的稳定性，同时还减轻了锚索的重量。

It passed languidly and the dull water glowed with it and the speedboat slid across the line and closed in fast under the overhang, past the two huge scummy stern hawsers.

它懒洋洋地去，沉闷的水面泛着光，快艇滑防线，在悬垂物下快，越两根巨大的、满是浮渣的船尾锚索。