come up with the finding

句子

In their recent work, however, some researchers have come up with the finding that influentials have far less impact on social epidemics than is generally supposed.

分析

多重复合句。
句子主干为 some researchers have come up with the finding that...，that 引导的从句作 finding 的同位语。
同位语从句主干为 influentials have...impact on social epidemics，其中包含比较结构 far less...than“比...少得多，远远不如”，far 表程度。

译文

然而一些研究者在他们最近的工作中发现，有影响力的人物对社会流行风尚的影响远远不如想象的那么强大。

短语

come up with “追上；赶上；提出；得出...结论”，本句中是“提出”的意思。