129. The study's authors,Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick,beginby citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better.
英语四级译文:
这项研究的研究者包括滑铁卢大学的乔安妮·伍德和约翰·李,以及来自新不伦瑞克大学的伊莱恩·佩鲁诺维奇,他们在研究报告的开始援引了以前的研究,其结果表明,人们在得到他们认为是过分积极的反馈信息时会感觉更糟,而不是更好。
四级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是authors begin。几个人名Joanne Wood and John Lee of...and Elaine Perunovic of...是authors的同位语,对其进行具体说明;介词短语by citing...为begin的方式状语,其中showing that...为research的后置定语,而that引导的又是showing的宾语从句when people get feedback which...not better,该宾语从句中包含when引导的状语从句when people get feedback which they...,这个状语从句中又包含which引导的feedback的定语从句which they believe is overly positive,也就是说动名词结构showing that...not better中包含三重从句,对于这类多重从句,关键在于分清每个从句的界限。
cits意为“引用,举例”。如:
To back up her claim, she cites a number of examples.她举了很多例子来支持自己的主张。
overly的意思是“极为,过于”,表示程度超乎寻常。如:
I think you are being overly critical.我觉得你过于吹毛求疵了。