汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 要不是
要不是
if it were not for / but for
〈连〉如果不是:~你提醒我,这件事我早就忘了。
yào/yāo bù/bú shì
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

要不是你,我可能依然故我。

And such I might still have been but for you.

要不是亲眼看见了,我不会相信的。

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it.

要不是打不过你,我早和你翻脸了。

If I can beat you, I would shoot you.

要不是他事先准备好了,他肯定会吃一惊。

It was perhaps well he had been prepared or he might have been startled.

要不是那楼梯倒了,你会做多少梦啊!

If the stairs hadn't broke down you'd 'a' seen how much dream it was!

要不是你救过我,把你屁股踢成八瓣。

I am going to kick your eunuch butt.

要不是能出城过过周末,我简直快憋疯了。

Being able to get out of the city at the weekend keeps me sane.

要不是这些大树,大风会把这所房子刮得七零八落。

But for these thick trees, the bitter wind would blow the house to pieces.

我不过是个大天使;要不是他,我就当教皇了!

I am but an archangel; but for him I should be pope!

要不是他人把我拖开,我真会把他揍死的。

I should have killed him, if they hadn't pulled me off.