解:已知$x=\frac{1}{2 - \sqrt{3}}=\frac{2+\sqrt{3}}{(2 - \sqrt{3})(2+\sqrt{3})}=2+\sqrt{3},$$\frac{1}{x}=2-\sqrt{3}。$
(1)$x+\frac{1}{x}=2+\sqrt{3}+2-\sqrt{3}=4。$
(2)
$\begin{aligned}&(7 - 4\sqrt{3})x^2+(2 - \sqrt{3})x+\sqrt{3}\\=&(7 - 4\sqrt{3})(2+\sqrt{3})^2+(2 - \sqrt{3})(2+\sqrt{3})+\sqrt{3}\\=&(7 - 4\sqrt{3})(7 + 4\sqrt{3})+(2 - \sqrt{3})(2+\sqrt{3})+\sqrt{3}\\=&49-48 + 4 - 3+\sqrt{3}\\=&2+\sqrt{3}\end{aligned}$