were it not for

were it not for hopes of a takeover, i would sell this holding.

要不是Lonmin有可能被收购，我将卖掉所持股份。

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The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun...

如果没有太阳辐射的热量，地球就会变成一个冰球。

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Were it not for their help, we be in serious difficulty.

要不是他们的帮助, 我们会陷入困境.

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Were it not for the fact that I saw it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it.

若非我那时亲眼看到, 我是不会相信的.

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Somalia would be little noticed were it not for its fastest-growing industry: piracy.

如果不是由于海盗这一发展最为迅猛的产业,索马里原本不会吸引多少目光.

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This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.

假如不存在下面两个因素,这可能是一种合理的假设.

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that would be the end of the story were it not for an odd detail.

那将不爆任何冷门地成为故事的结局。

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were it not for your help, i wouldn't be doing so well.

若不是你帮忙，我现在不会干得这样好。

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Were it not for these counterbalances, humankind would self-destruct out of the sheer mass of its unopposed negativity.

如果不是因为这些弥补的作用，人类就会由于绝对的消极性而自我毁灭了。

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I should be lonely, were it not for the birds and the flowers.

我会寂寞, 若非有鸟也有花.

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I should be without pence were it not for his assistance.

如果不是他的接济,我现在会差不多囊空如洗.

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we can only guess how different things would be right now, were it not for a few choices that affected the whole world.

如果不是因为它们是影响到整个世界的几个选择，我们只能猜测世界现在是多么的不同。

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were it not for his help, i could not finish the work.

若非有他的帮助，我就不能完成这件工作。

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Were it not for this misfortune, he might never have been forced into the business of grinding out novels to support his family.

要不是因为这一不幸变故，他可能永远都不会迫于无奈地开始流水线式创作小说养家糊口。

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Were it not for that, we have to about the bad guys.

如果不这样的话, 我们就会担心那么坏分子了.

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And so companies go public and start-ups receive VC funding – which would never have been taken seriously were it not for the devilish charisma of those fronting the undertaking.

于是公司上市了，初创企业拿到了风投&如果不是因为推动这些事情的人魔鬼般的超凡魅力，恐怕没人会认真对待它们。

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Were it not for your gratuitous interference, the children would have quickly settled their dispute.

要不是你多余的干涉，孩子们很快就会停止争论的。

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It might still have been going on, were it not for the global financial crisis.

如果不是因为全球金融危机,这将仍然继续下去.

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Were it not for his idleness, he would be a good student.

若非他的懒惰, 他会是个好学生.

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Were it not for your help, I couldn't have recovered so quickly.

要不是你帮助, 我是不可能这么快恢复的.

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some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were it not for the american civil war.

有些作家认为，如果不是因为美国内战，这个句子将会消失。

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The plan may have succeeded were it not for a Marine Corps Major General named Smedley Butler, who blew the whistle on the plot after being approached by the influential power brokers who wanted him to lead the uprising.

而且调查发现要不是因为一个叫巴特勒的海军司令，这个实施计划差一点就要成功了。他因为受到一些势力强大的掮客的支持，希望他能够领导这次推翻起义，使他在最后时刻阻止了这个计划。

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The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun.

如果没有太阳辐射的热量，地球将是一个冰封的世界。

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Were it not for their assistance, we couldn't have got over the difficulties.

要不是他们协助, 这些困难我们是克服不了的.

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As Regis McKenna later said, "Woz designed a great machine, but it would be sitting in hobby shops today were it not for Steve Jobs."

正如里吉斯·麦肯纳后来说的：“沃兹设计出了一台伟大的机器，但如果没有史蒂夫·乔布斯的话，这台机器到今天还只能陈列在业余爱好者的商店里。”

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In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.

汤姆·潘恩在18世纪90年代教育平民激进分子时论述到，如果不是为了实现王公、外交官和士兵借发起战争而使自己富有的潜在利益，人类本会生活在和谐之中。

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Were it not for science, we could not live a comfortable live.

若非科学, 我们无法过着舒适的生活.

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were it not for the feather, no one would have known that the white bird had ever been.

倘若不是鸟儿在离去时留下这片羽毛为证，有谁会知道小白鸟曾经来过？

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This would be surprising were it not for the fact, so visible from above, that the world is still a sparsely populated place.

事实上从天上看下来这世界还算是人烟稀少，所以没有人被击中也不算太让人吃惊。

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Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.

要不是重力使箭落向地面，它们将永远以直线往前飞行。

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