2013年职称英语考试句型指导:假设句型(12)% u# F, i' f( N: l' I& I; z
If it were not for ... & ? D3 L9 e2 `" U+ _$ F
结构︰if it were not for+名词/子句,主词+would/should 等+原形动词…
" {- _6 H9 R' w3 ?5 A }& L 说明︰此句型意为“若非(有)…”。此类句构专门用于表示与现在事实相反的。亦可用“but for+”或“without+”代替。were 可以提前,省略 if,如例句3。
* p D: T9 l2 Y; H If it were not for his presence, I would punish you. 要不是他在场,我会处罚你的。
) [. W/ i( n+ Q4 @4 |# V But for your advice, I should have failed. 要不是你的忠告,我会失败的。 ! }* L8 g, a3 h+ T7 y# a7 `
But for music (=Were it not for music), life would be dull. 要不是音乐,人生会很无聊。
9 }7 \# `. x& D8 j# u0 A, A If it were not for oxygen and nitrogen in the air, no man could live on the earth. Q( t/ |4 y" |$ A1 ?- ]* q! c
大气中如果没有氧和氮,人就无法生存于地球了。 考试用书& ]( z. @+ n$ M$ P$ U' }
Without air, all living things would die. 若非空气,所有的生物都会死亡。
9 P6 j# T5 F% \4 k. ?3 K8 _8 g Without newspaper, we would get behind the times. 要不是报纸,我们都赶不上时代了。
( d9 \1 U. c/ z+ h5 r$ { I should be lonely, were it not for the birds and the flowers. 我会寂寞,若非有鸟也有花。
; c2 s' J, Y7 a$ c) s 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。 ; b; e6 T; j3 |1 n
Were it not for science, we could not live a comfortable live. + q7 G) K* [ z
若非科学,我们无法过着舒适的生活。 |