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。

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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。

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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。

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Some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were it not for the American Civil War.

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And not only was it a party school, you were going to have an amazing time for the four years and beyond.

不仅是个派对大学，而且未来四年甚至以后，都会过得很快乐。

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So, for example, when people, and we'll talk about this next class, were looking at different characteristics spectra of different atoms, what they were seeing is that it appeared to be these very discreet lines that were allowed or not allowed for the different atoms to emit, but they had no way to explain this using classical physics.

举个例子，当大家看到,不同原子的特征光谱时,他们看到的是一些分离的线,那可以使不同的原子,发射或不发射出去，但是这些无法用经典物理来解释。

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The transformation we are dealing with now would not have begun were it not for him.

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Still, this could not have been possible were it not for an extended band of collaborators.

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Were it not for the support of its parent, Canal Plus would probably have gone bust.

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