it were not for
英
美
- for prep.为;因为;代表;往;支持;关于;给conj.因为
- it pron.它
- not adv.不;没有;并非
- were v.是,在,有(be动词的复数过去式)
- If it were not for friction, you could not walk.
要不是由于摩擦,你就不能行走。
- I do not know what I shall do without your help.
要不是您的帮助,我真不知道该怎么办。
- If it were not for the rock, we would have drowned.
如果没有那块岩石,我们就被淹死了。
- I can't read it without a dictionary.
如果没有词典,我不能读它。
- They were refused entrance to the theater.
他们被拒於戏院大门之外。
- Other than the preface, it consists of four parts.
除引言之外,全文由四部分构成。