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

若不是下面两点，这种假使似乎是有道理的。

And if not the butterflies-- and the caterpillars-- who will call upon me?

若不是蝴蝶和毛毛虫，还有谁会来看我？

It's no good pretending that ecstasy isn't a physical as well as a spiritual experience.

若假装这种极乐不是一种肉体与心灵上的同步体验，那没有丝毫意义。

The Fed's move on Wednesday may cheer President Trump, who has jawboned the central bank for a year over its 2018 rate increases, saying the economy would have gone up " like a rocket" had the Fed not gotten it wrong.

美联储周三的这一举措或许能令特朗普总统感到些许快慰，因央行2018年加息一事，这一年来，特朗普一直在对央行施压，声称若不是美联储犯了错，美国经济会“像火箭一样”腾飞。

He'd forgotten all about the people in cloaks until he passed a group of them next to the baker's.

若不是他在面包房附近又碰到那群披斗篷的入，他早就把他们了。

He had told him that he would have died of hunger without Fagin's kindness.

他还说，若不是自己对他仁慈，奥利弗本来是会饿死的。

The frenzy of business, when it is not a comedy, is a tragedy.

商业的狂热若不是喜剧，便是悲剧。

That wouldn't happen if the Earth wasn't round.

若地球不是圆的，这样的事就不会发生。

If it's not a disease, it must be magic.

若不是疫病，肯定是魔法使然。

That would be abstract the concept of wisdom isn't mysterious.

智慧的概念若不是神秘的话那会是抽象的。

All viruses are either RNA viruses or DNA viruses.

所有的病毒若不是 RNA 病毒就是 DNA 病毒。

If it wasn't for that hair, I'd swear that you.

若不是发型不同，你实在像。

It should not leave my bureau, were it not absolutely necessary to have it copied.

若不是非常需要抄本的话，我不会让它离开我的办公桌。

Obviously, this is very important to me, otherwise I wouldn't be going.

若不是对我如此重要我也不会选择离开。

In fact, we know we require a single 1 and a single 4 on the cursed die, or we'd have too many ways to roll a 2 or a 12.

事实上，我们知道被诅咒的骰子上只能有一面是 1、一面是 4，若不是这样，就会有太多方式可以掷出 2 或 12。

The oversize, silky, mutton-chop, sleeve on the aristocratic stone ledge, a picture which would be creamy with self-congratulation, were it not for a trace of wistfulness about his face, as if he can't quite believe all this success.

宽大的丝织衣服，络腮胡，袖子搁在贵族气派的石架上，活脱脱一幅自鸣得意的样子。若不是他脸上那一丝渴望的话，看起来就象是他对自己的成功完全难以置信。

It was dumped either someplace on his own property or in a public dumping area, whichever area is by a hill, and it is still there. Not destroyed, but partially damaged. I trust this will satisfy him.

它若不是被扔在他自己房产上的某个地方，就是被扔进了公共垃圾场，无论哪个区域都是在一座山丘旁，而且它还在那里。没有被摧毁，但部分受损。我相信这能让他满意。

" Then dirt and weather-beat shall be your guerdon of honour, " I said, holding them in mine; and, spite of my resolutions, I would have kissed the two dear hands had she not swiftly withdrawn them.

" 那么，肮脏和那肤色就是对你的荣誉的奖赏。" 我抓住她的手，若不是她立即缩了回去，我是会违背初衷去吻她那亲爱的小手的。

But if not, and if drinking were in fact ruinous to health-and Mr Houghton was ruined, there was no doubt about that-why was he always talking about the clean life and the virtues of fresh air?

若不是这样，如果喝酒的确伤身体——毫无疑问，霍顿的身体健康已经受到了损害——那他为什么还总在高谈阔论什么简洁朴素的生活和新鲜空气的好处？

In an instant it reared up upon its hind legs with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed in a way that would have unseated any but a skilful rider.

它立刻将前蹄腾跃而起，狂嘶不已；它颠簸摇摆得十分厉害，若不是头等起手，任何人都难免被摔下马来。