so the old are repaired and recycled according to the swings of fashion, their life a ceaseless struggle against erosion and decline.
老的栈桥会循着时代的轨迹被修葺或者废弃,它们的一生就是与侵蚀、倒塌的命运永无止尽的斗争。
the aesthetic significance of the novel is its construction of meggie, whose desperate and ceaseless struggle against absurdities brings shake to readers.