2019考研英语：历年考研英语真题经典长难句深度解读(9)

　　The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor，the idea goes，and they'd feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

　　1.重点词汇及短语：

　　loyal adj. 忠实的，忠诚的 ≠ disloyal;be loyal to 对……忠诚

　　loyalty n. 忠诚，忠实，忠贞

　　favor v. 更喜欢;偏向 n. 恩惠;支持，赞同;in favo(u)r of sth 支持，赞许……

　　sustain v. 保持，维持 = maintain;遭受，经受believe in 信任，信赖

　　2.句子成分分析：本句主干the idea goes...，正常语序应为The idea goes (that) the most loyal customers would... and they'd feel like they were... believe in。

　　The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor和they'd feel like they were helping...believe in为and连接的两个并列的同位语从句，解释the idea。

　　在第一个同位语从句中，they favor是一个定语从句，修饰the product。在第二个同位语从句中，like等同于as if，其后紧跟的内容为表语从句。在这个表语从句中，包含一个定语从句they believe in，修饰something。

　　表语从句放在连系动词之后，充当复合句中的表语。可接表语从句的连系动词有be，look，seem，sound，appear等。可引导表语从句的词有：从属连词whether，as，as if / though，连接代词who，whom，whose以及because，why等。

　　参考译文：这种想法是，最忠诚的顾客仍然愿意买他们喜欢的产品，他们还会觉得自己在帮助维持他们信任的产品的质量。