要不是

Indeed, I shouldn"t have discovered that he had been there, except for the disarrangement of the drapery about the corpse"s face, and for observing on the floor a curl of light hair, fastened with a silver thread; which, on examination, I ascertained to have been taken from a locket hung round Catherines neck.

的确，要不是死人脸上的盖布有点乱，而且我看见地板上有一绺淡色的头发，我都不会发现他来过了。那头发是用一根银线扎着的，仔细一看，我断定是从凯瑟琳脖子上挂着的一只小金盒里拿出来的。

He stared at me in disbelief and said, Come on, I know you.

我告诉他，我并没有感到不舒服，要不是有人提及这个问题，我根本就不会认为这是个问题。

Maybe hewas in trouble if he is disobedient to you.

要不是听了你的话，他可能早就遇到麻烦了。

I might have fallen without a struggle for my life, had not a sudden disquietude seized upon me, and made me turn my head.

要不是忽然感到一阵不安回过头去的话，我也许来不及挣扎就完蛋了。

Moreover, that deficit would have been even higher but for inflated receipts from ebullient property markets and financial firms.

而且要不是来自繁荣的资产市场和金融公司的收入，赤字还将进一步增加。

These are elegant looking creatures which belong to the echinoderm family like Sea Urchins and Starfish.

要不是具有用来捕食的细长肢条，它们看起来非常像海星。

Or, if not, thou strange and elfish child, whence didst thou come?

要不是这样，你这个怪里怪气的小妖精似的孩子是从哪儿来的？

The Queen of Elfland has made me her knight.

其实要不是亲密的人，我们也不会去在乎他的感受。

If I hadn't, Elsa, I might have gone on|playing it your way.

要不是艾儿莎在|或许我会用你的方法跟你玩

If it had not been for enticement,he wouldn't have thrown the stone .

要不是那些男孩子怂恿他，他不会扔那块石头。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。