2013下半年英語四級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 是過去分詞作study 的后置定語。
    2.不定式to hear...作后置定語,修飾the last,一般可以直接理解為“最不可能聽到這些投訴的人”。
    3.when 引導的時間狀語從句修飾find out。該狀語從句中,to frequent...作decide 的賓語。frequent 用作動詞,表示“經常光顧”。譯文:維德集團和沃頓商學院共同開展的一項研究顯示,商店經理常常是最后一個聽到顧客抱怨的人,而且只有當他們的老顧客開始頻頻光顧他們的競爭對手的時候他們才會發(fā)現(xiàn)顧客對他們的不滿。