He says the company has lost its way. "I think they've grown complacent, resting on their laurels."
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The laurels and the myrtles that he addresses here are, of course, the traditional plants classically associated with great poets; but for Milton in this passage, importantly these plants simply aren't ripe yet.
诗中提到的月桂树和常青藤,传统上常常与伟大诗人相联系;,但在弥尔顿的这首诗,重要的是这些植物尚未成熟。
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