
the change met the technical requirements of thenew age by engaging a large professional elementand prevented the decline in efficiency that socommonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in thesecond and third generation after the energeticfounders.
译文:这种变革通过聘用大量专业人员来适应新时代的技术要求,并阻止了效率的降低,这种效率的降低使得许多家族商行在那些精力充沛的创业者之后的第二代、第三代手中破产倒闭。
点睛:句子的主干是the change met... requirements... and prevented the decline.。其中byengaging a large professional element是介词短语作状语,说明met the technical requirementsof the new age的方式。that引导的是定语从句,修饰前面的decline in efficiency.