They face up to the failure.They try to ___ what the trouble they had was.

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They face up to the failure.They try to ___ what the trouble they had was.
这句话最后的had
两个动词
had后面接be应该变成been,怎么会是was呢

what 引导的是宾语从句,what the trouble they had was,这句是宾语从句,they had前面省掉了that,that引导的是定语从句,先行词是the trouble,也就是说 宾语从句里面有一个定语从句:the trouble (that)they had.was ...