长难句

A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautious of letting vague pronouncements cloud their reputations. (2011 Text2)

难句分析

主干

A turbulent business environment also has senior managers

主语 谓语 宾语

定语从句

senior managers (who are) cautious of …

先行词 从属连词和系动词 表语

本句的主干是“A turbulent business environment also has senior managers”，意为“混乱的商业环境也有这样的高管”，senior managers后面紧跟着一个定语从句，修饰先行词senior managers，在该定语从句中，引导词和系动词who are被省略掉了，补充完整应该是“senior managers who are cautious of letting…”，包含两个固定短语“be cautious of…”和“let sb. do sth.”，分别意为“对……小心翼翼”和“让某人做某事”。

参考译文

混乱的商业环境同样使得高管们小心翼翼，避免让模糊的表态破坏他们的声誉。