今日长难句：

选自《经济学人》

Valued at as much as $60bn, the deal would have been the biggest ever in the semiconductor industry, but it ran into regulatory hurdles from the outset when antitrust concerns were raised in America, Britain and the EU.

这笔交易价值高达600亿美元，本将成为半导体行业有史以来最大的一笔交易，但它从一开始就遭遇了监管障碍，当时美国、英国和欧盟提出了反垄断担忧。

这句话开头valued at sth是过去分词短语作定语修饰之后出现的主语the deal，也就是交易被估值大概600亿美元，第一个简单句当中的谓语动词would have been是过去将来完成时，是虚拟语气，表示与过去的事实相反。the deal would have been the biggest ever in the semiconductor industry本将成为半导体行业有史以来最大的一笔交易，意思是本来应该会成为的，但事实是并没有成为。 but it ran into regulatory hurdles from the outset，但它从一开始就遭遇了监管障碍，之后跟随when引导的时间状语从句，when antitrust concerns were raised in America, Britain and the EU. 当美国、英国和欧盟提出了反垄断担忧的时候。

总结下，这句话由3个简单句组成，3个谓语动词分别是would have been，ran和were raised。整句话意思是：这笔交易价值高达600亿美元，本将成为半导体行业有史以来最大的一笔交易，但它从一开始就遭遇了监管障碍，当时美国、英国和欧盟提出了反垄断担忧。

核心要点：

1.antitrust adj. [经] 反垄断的；[经] 反托拉斯的

例：Or maybe they could seek to challenge Apple on antitrust grounds.

又或者他们可以寻求反垄断的理由来挑战苹果公司。

2.hurdle n. 障碍，难关；v. （奔跑中）跳越（某物）；克服（障碍或困难）

例：The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement.

下一个难关是征得她父母的同意。

3.outset n. 开始，开端 [习语] at/from the outset (of sth)从开始

例：I made it clear right from the outset that I disapproved.

从一开始我就明确地说我不赞成。

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