They could loosen the backstays, causing the towers to lean inward by 18 inches or half-a-meter.

他们可能会松开后支柱，导致塔楼向内倾斜 18 英寸或半米。

So, two auxiliary cables from the platform to each tower were added, plus more backstays to balance the load.

因此， 增加了从台到每个塔两条辅助，以及更多后拉衡负载。

Additional cables, called backstays, were connected to anchorages behind each tower to balance the horizontal forces, similar to the way suspension bridges work with their towers and abutment anchorages.

额外（称为后拉）连接到每个塔后面锚地，以衡水力，类似于悬桥与其塔和桥台锚地工作方式。

Unmindful of the tedious rope-ladders of the shrouds, the men, like shooting stars, slid to the deck, by the isolated backstays and halyards; while Ahab, less dartingly, but still rapidly was dropped from his perch.

水手们毫不理睬那些用侧支做成冗长绳梯，而是像流星一般，纷纷从分开后支和升降上滑落到甲板，亚哈没有那样猛冲下，但也迅速地从他瞭望处降了下。

You can see the cables let go from Tower 4, the platform swinging downward, the support cables crashing through the suspended catwalk, and the top section of Tower 4 breaking off from the unbalanced force of the backstays.

您可以看到从 4 号塔上松开， 台向下摆动，支撑冲破悬空过道，4 号塔顶部因后拉不衡力而断裂。