要不是

You see, maybe you's got to be po' a long time fust, en so you might git discourage' en kill yo'sef 'f you didn' know by de sign dat you gwyne to be rich bymeby.

要知道，说不定你非得先穷个很长的时间，要不是你知道终究有那么一天你会发才，说不定你会灰心伤气到自杀的地步。

He would get into trouble if he didn't listen to you.

要不是听了你的话，他可能早就遇到麻烦了。

But for your advice, I would have given it up.

要不是你的建议，我就会放弃了。

I would say this was a normal glitch except for the fact that it happened repeatedly yesterday.

要不是昨天这种情况出现了好几次，我还以为是一般的小故障呢。

If the Glow-worm possessed no other talent than that of chloroforming his prey by means of a few tweaks resembling kisses, he would be unknown to the vulgar herd; but he also knows how to light himself like a beacon; he shines, which is an excellent manner of achieving fame.

要不是萤火虫有叮咬随即麻痹猎物的本领，恐怕没有任何低等动物能意识到它的存在；在漆黑的夜里中，它点亮自己，像焰火一样闪耀；就着这忽闪忽闪的亮光，它得意地徜徉在夜空中。

But for you I mustn't gome here.

要不是为了你，我才不会来这儿。

Red-cap, however, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said good-morning to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up.

可小红帽这次提高了警惕，头也不回地向前走。她告诉奶奶她碰到了狼，那家伙嘴上虽然对她说"你好"，眼睛里却露着凶光，要不是在大路上，它准把她给吃了。

As long as no "goose egg" on report card is good enough.

成绩单上只要不是0就好了。1分2分的，加在一起，就有5分啦！

Hadn't it been for Grayson, I'd have been in Tennessee.

要不是格瑞森的话，我现在可能已经在田纳西州了。

Another form of groupthink occurs when people are either isolated from crucial sources of information or dominated by other members of the group, some of whom may have malevolent intent.

另一种形式的"群意"行为发生在人们要不是无法得到重要信息或者是信息被群体中的其他人所控制的情况下。

According to the clear water experiment, aeration performance of the new equipment is good with high total oxygen transfer coefficient and oxygen utilization ratio.

曝气设备的动力效率在叶轮转速为120rpm～150rpm时取得最大值，此时氧利用率和充氧能力也具有较高值。

The environmental stability of that world - including its crushing pressures and icy darkness - means that some of its most famous inhabitants have survived for eons as evolutionary throwbacks, their bodies undergoing little change.

稳定的海底环境─包括能把人压扁的压力和冰冷的黑暗─意谓海底某些最知名的栖居生物已以演化返祖的样态活了万世，形体几无变化。