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【长难句】
But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.
【句子拆分】
主语 the researchers
谓语 believe
宾语 that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations
状语 if they leave a firm before bad news breaks
状语 even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred
【单词解析】
单词 音标 中文词意
reputation [ˌrepjuˈteɪʃn] n. 名声,名誉
wrongdoing [ˈrɒŋduːɪŋ] n.不法行为;坏事;作恶;欺骗行径
【语法分析】
本句的主干是the researchers believe that…,that引导一个宾语从句。该宾语从句的主干是outside directors have an easier time,介词短语of…reputations作后置定语修饰time,从句if they…breaks作条件状语对have进行修饰,逗号后面是even if引导的让步状语从句。该从句的主干是a review of history show…,show后面跟一个宾语从句,该宾语从句的主干为they were on the board,介词短语at the time作时间状语修饰were on the board,time后面跟一个定语从句对其进行修饰。
【译文】
但是,研究人员认为,即使以往记录显示出现失误时这些外部董事仍然在董事会,如果他们在爆出坏消息前离开公司,就可以较容易地避免名声受损。
【考情分析】
对于这句话,同学们最重要的就是弄清楚各个部分的前后逻辑顺序。这句话虽然从句比较多,但是分割的界限比较明显,注意“any wrongdoing occurred”其实是一个定语从句,前面省略了关系副词“when”。在定语从句中,实际上大部分时候关系副词时不能省略的,但在修饰时间的时候,在某些名词后面,比如“day”,“time”,“year”等词的后面,是可以省略“when”的。然后将状语从句放在主句前面理解,就能相对清晰的理解本句了。