101. Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.
譯文
她有一堆沒交的家庭賬單，沒洗的餐具和臟衣服也堆積如山，然而在她的四個(gè)女兒不停地抱怨之后，她才意識到自己有問題。
點(diǎn)睛
本句是由but連接的表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的并列句。第一個(gè)分句的主干為bills piled up，短語along with引導(dǎo)伴隨狀語；第二個(gè)分句的主干是it took complaints, from her four daughters為后置定語，before引導(dǎo)的是時(shí)間狀語從句，其中還包含realized 的賓語從句she had a problem。
pile up的意思是“堆積，積壓”。如：
Complaints piled up against the service. 有關(guān)服務(wù)的投訴不斷堆積。
考點(diǎn)歸納
before作為連詞引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句時(shí)，通常包含以下幾種意思：
意為“在……以前”。如：
Would you like to leave a message before you go? 你在走之前想留個(gè)口信嗎？
意為“直到……為止，到……之前”。如：
It may be some time before we really understand the problem. 或許要過一段時(shí)間我們才能真正了解這一問題。
意為“以免，不然”。如：
Put the scissors away before you get hurt. 把剪刀收好，免得你被傷到。
