When you’re in business, negotiating the best possible deals is a high, if not the highest, priority. As a business owner, you can’t know enough about negotiating.
negotiating the best possible deals is a high, if not the highest, priority.这是一个系表结构,negotiating the best possible deals 为动名词短语作主语。
为了便于理解,这样写:
negotiating the best possible deals is a high priority, if it is not the highest priority.
大致意思便变明了,即:在谈判中,达成最为理想的交易即使不是头等大事,也是一项重点事项。
注:1、这里的if表示虽然,即使的意思,是让步状语从句。
2、high priority、the highest priority分别为重点项目、头等大事之意(翻译时,根据语境进行相应的修改即可)。