it were not for

英 美
  • 要不是;如果没有;除...之外
  • 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)
    1. If it were not for friction, you could not walk.
      要不是由于摩擦,你就不能行走。
    2. 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。
    3. 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。
    4. I can't read it without a dictionary.
      如果没有词典,我不能读它。
    5. They were refused entrance to the theater.
      他们被拒於戏院大门之外。
    6. Other than the preface, it consists of four parts.
      除引言之外,全文由四部分构成。