If it hadn't been for...
要不是...
Examples
例句
1. If it hadn't been for your help, my experiments would have failed.
要不是你帮我,我的实验不会成功。
2. If it hadn't been for the lifeboat, I would have drowned.
要不是救生艇来救我,我可能就淹死了。
3. If it hadn't been for her careful arrangement, the party would not have been a success.
要不是她的精心安排,聚会不会这么成功。
4. Without my persuasion, he would not have come.
要不是我说服了他,他是不会来的。
5. Without your financial support, we could not have finished the project.
要不是你给予我们资金支持,这个项目根本完不成。
Dialogue
对话
Woman: Where's my son?
我儿子呢?
Fireman: Don't worry, Miss, your son will be fine. We sent him to the hospital.
别担心,女生,你儿子没事。我们已经把他送到医院去了。
Woman: Thank you so much.
太谢谢你们了。
Fireman: You're welcome.
不用客气。
Woman: Without your help my son would have died in that fire.
要不是你们相助,我儿子就葬身火海了。
Fireman: We got here just in time. A minute later and it would have been almost impossible to save him.
我们来得及时,再晚一分钟他可能就没救了。