今日长难句：

选自《华盛顿邮报》

Britain's competition regulator looked to unwind a merger involving Big Tech when it directed Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to sell Giphy, a database of animated gif files that social-media users attach to their posts.

英国竞争监管机构希望解除一项大型科技公司的合并交易，要求Facebook的母公司Meta出售Giphy，Giphy是一个动画gif文件数据库，这些文件是社交媒体用户发布在自己的帖子中的。

第一步 划分句子成分，进行断句

Britain’s competition regulator looked to unwind a merger involving Big Tech when it directed Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to sell Giphy, a database of animated gif files that social-media users attach to their posts.

第二步 抓动词、主语，句子主框架显现

Britain's competition regulator looked to unwind a merger involving Big Tech when it directed Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to sell Giphy, a database of animated gif files that social-media users attach to their posts.

主句的主语：Britain’s competition regulator英国竞争监管机构

谓语动词look,looked to unwind sth希望解除

后面的成分稍微复杂一些，我们慢慢来解析：这句话的难点主要在于较多的同位语，同位语的作用类似括号里的一些细节，是进一步解释说明的：

Meta, the parent company of Facebook：Meta也就是Facebook的母公司

Giphy, a database of animated gif files that social-media users attach to their posts ：Giphy是一个动画gif文件数据库，这些文件是社交媒体用户发布在自己的帖子中的。

那么先把这些细节搁置一边进行删繁就简，把句子最简单的主框架提炼出来：

Britain's competition regulator looked to unwind a merger involving Big Tech英国竞争监管机构希望解除一项大型科技公司的合并交易。

第三步 从头到尾来梳理一下，让句子更清晰。

Britain's competition regulator looked to unwind a merger involving Big Tech when it directed Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to sell Giphy, a database of animated gif files that social-media users attach to their posts.

英国竞争监管机构希望解除一项大型科技公司的合并交易，要求Facebook的母公司Meta出售Giphy，Giphy是一个动画gif文件数据库，这些文件是社交媒体用户发布在自己的帖子中的。

核心要点：

1. involve v. 涉及；卷入

I don't want to get involved in the police investigation because it is simply not my case as a lawyer.

2. regulate v. 管理

It is important to regulate the drivers on the road and make sure they obey the traffic rules.

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