长难句

Marketers have embraced the two-step flow because it suggests that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those selected people will do most of the work for them. (2010 Text3)

难句分析

主句

Marketers have embraced the two-step flow

主语 谓语 宾语

状语从句

because it suggests that

从属连词 主语 谓语 宾语从句

宾语从句

that if they can just find and influence the influentials, those selected people will do most of the work for them

从属连词 条件状语从句 主语 谓语 宾语

本句为复合句，主干为Marketers have embraced the two-step flow，because引导原因状语从句说明Marketers赞成the two-step flow理论的原因。从句中嵌套了that引导的宾语从句，宾语从句中包含if引导的条件状语从句。

参考译文

营销人员已经采用了这个两级流动理论，因为该理论表明，他们只需找到有影响力人士，并对其施加影响，那么这些优质人士就可以为他们完成大部分工作。

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