According to some analysts, the gains in the stock market reflect growing confidence that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come in for a “soft landing,” followed by a gradual increase in business activity. (A) that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come (B) in the economy to avoid the recession, what many feared earlier in the year, rather to come (C) in the economy’s ability to avoid the recession, something earlier in the year many had feared, and instead to come (D) in the economy to avoid the recession many were fearing earlier in the year, and rather to come (E) that the economy will avoid the recession that was feared earlier this year by many, with it instead coming 答案是A没有问题，问题是A中的many had feared 让lz很想不通，一般过去完成时的出现不是需要有过去式与之对应，以表示过去的过去么？
我觉得虽然sentence中没有明确说明过去式，但是可以从句意中理解： gains in the stock market 发生在过去，不是当下~ economy will avoid the recession 是analyst的预期，based on gains~ so happens in the future many had feared earlier in the year 发生在gains之前，所以就是“past of the past"... had feared..
我觉得虽然sentence中没有明确说明过去式，但是可以从句意中理解： gains in the stock market 发生在过去，不是当下~ economy will avoid the recession 是analyst的预期，based on gains~ so happens in the future many had feared earlier in the year 发生在gains之前，所以就是“past of the past"... had feared..
The key in this sentence is the modifier 'growing' because it suggests that the 'growing' has been continuing into the present (which means that it started in the past). The economists had feared the recession before this growing started but once the growing started (in the simple past) they stopped fearing the recession. So the fearing has to be in the past perfect tense. This might not sound very clear but there is no better way of putting it. This is a tricky sentence because the simple past tense is not explicitly stated but implied.
The key in this sentence is the modifier 'growing' because it suggests that the 'growing' has been continuing into the present (which means that it started in the past). The economists had feared the recession before this growing started but once the growing started (in the simple past) they stopped fearing the recession. So the fearing has to be in the past perfect tense. This might not sound very clear but there is no better way of putting it. This is a tricky sentence because the simple past tense is not explicitly stated but implied.
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