The young man accepted the publishment without protest because he thought it was his own fault.

问题描述:

The young man accepted the publishment without protest because he thought it was his own fault.
为什么这里用accepted而不用had accepted?

因为两个句子中,thought 在前,accept在后,thought 都不用过去完成,所以,后边的动作当然不能用had accepted了.