名词性从句what含义和理解？

It was easy to see by the newspapers that if ever they had known what it was to bear a good name, that time had gone by.

上句中what it was to bear a good name, that time had gone by. 整个作known的宾语，就是known后接what引导的宾语从句。

调整一下位置，变为it was what to bear a good name, that time had gone by.

请教老师：

1）这里的what应该怎么翻译？应该和what is it ?中的疑问代词what - “什么“含义不同吧？

2）to bear a good name 是what的介词短语后置的定语吗？

你对句子结构的理解是错误的。

...if ever they had known what it was to bear a good name, that time had gone by.

逗号前为if 从句，that time had gone by 为主句。go by = 消逝。by为副词。

what在此为疑问代词，作was 的表语。有个好名声意味着什么。

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