were it not for
US /wɚ ɪt nɑt fɚ/
・UK /wə ɪt nɒt fɔ:/
B2 中高級
conj. phr.若不是因為
Were it not for her help, I would have failed the exam.
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兩個臺灣，兩個中國，兩倍的答案！ (Two Taiwans, Two Chinas, Twice)
- The Manchus were a small ethnic group from the northeast who couldn't have come to power were it not for the swathes of the Han majority willing to rebel against the Ming.
少數民族語言也蓬勃發展，中國的邊境。也是中國化的最困難地區。
- ...were it not for the swathes of the Han majority willing to rebel against the Ming.
荷蘭從西班牙帝國的迅速獨立導致互相爭奪海外財產。
《死亡天使》！艾瑞·艾斯特、佩德羅·帕斯卡與瓦昆·菲尼克斯深入解析「愛丁頓」的拍攝現場！ (Ari Aster, Pedro Pascal, and Joaquin Phoenix Break Down a Scene from ‘Eddington’)
- It's no relationship were it not for its antagonism.
這很有趣，因為這不過是一種對立。
- It's no relationship were it not for its antagonism.
如果不是因為它的對立性，那就沒有任何關係了。
10場差點變災難級的危機！ (10 Disasters That Could Have Been Even WORSE)
- but were it not for those firebreaks, the city would have been engulfed in flames that would have spread across the entire Bay Area.
這場地震摧毀了舊金山的大部分地區，造成數千人傷亡，
- but were it not for those firebreaks, the city would have been engulfed in flames that would have spread across the entire Bay Area.
但如果沒有那些防火巷，這座城市早就被火焰吞噬，而火焰更會蔓延到整個灣區。
殘酷真相：為什麼你的前任對別人來說是完美對象！ (The Cruel Truth: Why Your Ex Is Perfect for Someone Else)
- It could sound like the grounds for bitterness were it not for one redemptive detail. The process is likely to be two ways. With any luck, we too will eventually meet someone who appears, entirely naturally, to have a deep understanding of themselves, a mature way of relating to their flaws and a deft way of sailing over the complexities of their character. They will apologise before we even thought of saying anything. They will seem miraculously open to feedback over certain topics and their insight into the complexities of their pasts will awe us. We'll think that this is the way they were born. No one will know and everyone will feel, after so many tears with their tricky ex, hugely blessed.
如果不是一個救贖性的細節，這聽起來可能會讓人感到憤懣。這個過程可能是雙向的。如果運氣好的話，我們最終也會遇到這樣的人，他們似乎完全是自然而然地對自己有了深刻的瞭解，對自己的缺點有了成熟的認識，對自己複雜的性格有了巧妙的駕馭。他們會在我們想說什麼之前就道歉。他們對某些話題的反饋會顯得奇蹟般地開放，他們對自己過去複雜經歷的洞察力會讓我們敬畏。我們會認為這就是他們與生俱來的性格。沒有人會知道，每個人在與棘手的前男友流過無數次眼淚之後，都會感到無比幸福。
- It could sound like the grounds for bitterness - were it not for one redemptive detail.
傑克倫敦《野性的呼喚》有聲書！ (The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London)
- They were no match at all, were it not for their arrows and spears and clubs.
Buck 和他的習性，並且不像 Skeet 和
- They were no match at all, were it not for their arrows and spears and clubs.
如果沒有他們的箭、長矛和棍棒，他們根本無法匹敵。
第五章 - 《福爾摩斯探案全集》：夏洛克·福爾摩斯歷險記（卷九至卷十）有聲書 (Part 5 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Audiobook by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adventures 09-10))
- Were it not for the ugly wound upon my hand, all that had passed during those dreadful hours might have been an evil dream.
這只是我們壓縮它的地方。
- How our hydraulic engineer had been conveyed from the garden to the spot where he recovered his senses might have remained forever a mystery were it not for the soft mould, which told us a very plain tale.
並半昏半醒地躺在另一邊。