Meanwhile，the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America， disclosed on June 17th， overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America’s Federal Trade Commission（FTC） that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.
对于这个句子，我们利用独创的图表分析法来分解其内部结构如下：
1. 主语部分： Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America；
2. 作定语的分词短语： disclosed on June 17th；
3. 谓语动词： overshadowed；
4. 宾语部分： a hugely important decision a day earlier by America?蒺s Federal Trade Commission （FTC） that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security。
对于这个复杂的宾语部分，图表中又进一步分解为三个部分：
宾语中心词： a hugely important decision
修饰decision的定语： a day earlier by America?蒺s Federal Trade Commission （FTC）
修饰decision的定语从句： that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security。对于这个复杂的定语从句又进一步分解。
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