Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.
要不是重力使箭掉落地上，它将会一直沿直线往前飞行。
Were it not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty.
如果没有老师的支持，这个学生就无法克服困难。
Were it not for the nameless adventure that awaited them, they would have thrown a pair of dice each evening and agreed that two sixes would end it all.
如果不是那场等待着他们的无名冒险，他们早就每天晚上掷出一对骰子，并同意一掷出两个六就结束这一切。
Were it not for the fact that I saw it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it.
若非我那时亲眼看到，我是不会相信的。
如果她不是为你的歌声准备的。
如果它不是为你的双眼准备的。
That would be the end of the story were it not for an odd detail.
那将不爆任何冷门地成为故事的结局。
Were it not for the Vatican, this pimple would be the world's smallest independent state.
要不是世界上有个梵蒂冈，这颗小疙瘩肯定是世界上最小的独立国家。
This would be good news all round were it not for the consequent crash in banking confidence.
这对所有人来说都是一个好消息，但对于信心业已崩溃的银行业来说并非如此。
Were it not for the camera and the painter, the tree might be a transitory force in our lives.
若不是相机或者绘画，这些树木也许只会是我们生命中掠过的短暂的身影。
Let there be no question: ours would be a very different industry, were it not for Steve Jobs.
毫问疑问的，假如没有Steve Jobs，我们的电脑产业将会非常不同。
The Netherlands would not be the centre of the global flower trade were it not for Schiphol airport.
如果不是因为有史基浦机场，荷兰就不会成为全球花卉贸易中心。
All this would not matter much, were it not for the fact that many businesses depend on landlines.
这些看上去似乎无关紧要，然而事实是许多行业都依赖固定线路。
Such madcap denial could perhaps be shrugged off were it not for the simultaneous arrest of Mr Ganic.
要不是同时逮捕了加尼奇先生，这种狂妄的否认可能得到不屑的回应。
This complaint could be understood as an initial response to solitude and hardship were it not for subsequent letters.
如果不是后来的那些信，人们完全可以理解这些抱怨，把它们看作是起初面对孤独和困难的时候的反应。
The Reserve Bank of India would have raised interest rates more aggressively last year were it not for political pressure.
如果印度联储会不是受到压力，去年会更大幅度增加利率。
Were it not for Fournier's frightening meticulousness, the existence of this society would have been forever hidden from us.
如果不是福尼尔那可怕的缜密，这个地方的社会将会永远被隐藏在我们不会注意到的地方。
This would be surprising were it not for the fact, so visible from above, that the world is still a sparsely populated place.
事实上从天上看下来这世界还算是人烟稀少，所以没有人被击中也不算太让人吃惊。
I argued that it was not so trivial, that were it not for the precious accident of the train schedule, I would be in prison or dead.
我想胜利不能算小，如果没有火车时刻表给我的宝贵的抢先一着，我早就给关进监狱或者给打死了。
Were it not for the Internet, social networking sites, and patient activists, there would be no research going on today on CCSVI.
如果没有社交网站和实验患者的在线参与，CCSVI研究就不会一直持续到今天。
These statistics would be even grislier were it not for lenders’ inability or reluctance to eject all those who are in default at once.
如果不是默认贷款人无力偿还或还不愿意退出一次违约的不算在内，这些统计数据将更加恐怖。
In fact Israel may not have come to exist were it not for Europe, as Zionism was born out of frustrated hopes and despair on the continent.
而事实上，如果不是欧洲的话，以色列还建不了国，就如犹太复国主义的诞生不是因为在那片大陆上的失望和绝望一样。
The sums would be of scant interest were it not for the fact that the man measuring out his life in ink that day was Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
但如果用墨水记录生命中这些数字的人不是纳尔逊·罗利拉拉·曼德拉，或许就不会引起人们太大的兴趣了。
This decision might be dismissed as misplaced punctiliousness were it not for evidence that Agcom has been subject to pressure from Mr Berlusconi.
这一决定会被摈斥为，假如agcom并未屈从于来自贝卢斯科尼的压力，那就太离谱了。
Were it not for Vuitton, estimates one analyst, LVMH's sales would have fallen by 3% in the first half of 2009 and profits would have plunged by 40%.
一位分析师估计，要不是有VUITTON撑着，2009年上半年度，LVMH的销售额很可能下跌3%，利润可能减少40%。
Still, were it not for the nameless adventure that awaited them they would have thrown a pair of dice each evening and agreed that two sixes would end it all.
但是，那场等待他们的无名的冒险仍未降临。 如果不是他们心存期待，他们早就每晚一对掷骰子，然后等出现两个六点的时候结束生命了。
Still, were it not for the nameless adventure that awaited them they would have thrown a pair of dice each evening and agreed that two sixes would end it all.
但是，那场等待他们的无名的冒险仍未降临。 如果不是他们心存期待，他们早就每晚一对掷骰子，然后等出现两个六点的时候结束生命了。
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