复杂的比较级的拆分和理解 例166

例166　Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of "goods and services" than males.

【结构分析】句子开头是个介词短语Above all做状语，后面表示比较关系的插入语，也就是like their female human counterparts，句子的主语是they，动词是个短语，也就是tend to pay much closer attention to，宾语是the value of "goods and services"，后面是个比较级，也就是than males。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于插入语用得很漂亮，而且比较级用得很精彩，而且动词是个短语tend to pay much closer attention to，导致宾语很难找到。

【核心词汇】

above all　最重要的是

like their female human counterparts　像人类中的女人一样

pay much closer attention to　更关心

the value of "goods and services"　“货物和服务”的价值

【参考译文】最重要的是，像人类中的女人一样，它们比公猴更关心“货物和服务”的价值。