2013下半年英語(yǔ)四級(jí)100條閱讀難句解讀(42)

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Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde Group and Wharton School. (08.12 Passage 2)
    分析主干:managers are the last to... and find out...
    1.conducted 是過(guò)去分詞作study 的后置定語(yǔ)。
    2.不定式to hear...作后置定語(yǔ),修飾the last,一般可以直接理解為“最不可能聽(tīng)到這些投訴的人”。
    3.when 引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句修飾find out。該狀語(yǔ)從句中,to frequent...作decide 的賓語(yǔ)。frequent 用作動(dòng)詞,表示“經(jīng)常光顧”。譯文:維德集團(tuán)和沃頓商學(xué)院共同開(kāi)展的一項(xiàng)研究顯示,商店經(jīng)理常常是最后一個(gè)聽(tīng)到顧客抱怨的人,而且只有當(dāng)他們的老顧客開(kāi)始頻頻光顧他們的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的時(shí)候他們才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)顧客對(duì)他們的不滿(mǎn)。