《红宝书考研英语》为考研助力！红宝书·为考研的同学整理解析历年考研真题中的长难句。Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in American, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.
词汇突破
disclose [dɪsˈkloʊz]
vt. 公开；揭露
overshadow [ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ]
v. 使失色；使蒙上阴影；遮阴；比……更显眼
adequate [ˈædɪkwət]
adj. 充足的；适当的；胜任的
结构分析
该句子的主干结构是：主语 the theft + 谓语 overshadowed + 宾语 decision。其中分词短语 disclosed on June 17th 修饰 the theft of information。句尾处第一个 that 引导的是定语从句修饰 decision。第二个 that 引导的是同位语从句，说明 notice，其中又含有一个 if 引导的条件状语从句。