Language was his raw material,and he applied to it the king of extreme

题目

Language was his raw material,and he applied to it the king of extreme
Language was his raw material,and he applied to it the kind  of extreme tests and standards more usually expected of poetry.请问：expected of 有如同的意思吗?很纠结,字典上没有,网上也没,这是我在书上看到的意思.纠结中

答案

语言只是素材,而他却用人们通常检验诗歌的严格标准来运用这一语言素材.