if not for

要不是
常用释义
如果没有某种因素的存在,某种情况将不会发生或某种结果将不会实现

例句

1·If not for John, Brian wouldn't have learned the truth.

要不是约翰,布莱恩不会了解真相。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·If not for this small optimization, we would go through every element twice.

如果不是由于这个小小的优化,我们将遍历每个元素两次。

3·I might not have met some if not for this job, and I've learned a lot about how people behave in these years.

如果不是因为这份工作,我可能不会遇到一些人,这些年来,我对人们的行为举止也了解了很多。

4·If not for his sake, then doubly for thine own!

即使不是为了他的缘故,那么总是加倍地为了你自己嘛!

5·If not for this question then possibly for subsequent ones.

就算不影响正在答的这个问题,也很可能使接下来的回答失去公正性。

6·-if not for a liberal media cabal systematically lying to people all day.

若不是由一个自由的媒体整体系统性地欺骗大众。

7·Yahoo said its revenue would have risen 3% if not for currency fluctuations.

雅虎称如果不考虑汇率波动,它的营收应上升3%。

8·I decided to try one more time. If not for myself, I had to do it for them.

我决定再试一次,不为自己,我也要为他们。

9·Samantha, if not for today, not for you ...I would never have known love at all.

莎曼塔,要不是今天,要不是你……我永远不会懂得爱情。

10·Contemporary music would not be what it is if not for the influences of the past.

如果不是过去音乐的影响,就不会有我们现在流行的当代音乐。

同义词

要不是;若非