但如果这是战略性的，就不是吗？
The question is not if it will reach other rice-growing areas of Europe, but when.
问题不在于它是否会抵达欧洲其他的稻米产区，而在于何时到达。
噢，要是我能阻止他，他就甭想！
"The question is not if, but to what degree".
问题不是是否交流，而是交流到什么程度。
But not if you decide to do summer school.
但是如果你决定前往暑期学校，情况则不然。
I know not if I should speak to him or keep silent.
我不知道我是应该同他说话还是保持沉默。
“No, not if I had known what lay ahead,” says Felix.
“不，如果我早知道会是这样，我不会来的，”菲利克斯回答说。
Life is not if, only the results and consequences.
人生没有如果，只有结果与后果。
The question of infinite storage was not if but when.
无限量存储时代的到来也是迟早的事情。
They cannot bring peace, not if they stay for 50 years.
他们带不来和平，就算在这里待上50年也带不来。
The question is becoming not if but when that bubble will burst.
问题不再是泡沫破灭的可能，而是破灭的时间。
A village can support several identical stores, but not if they get too big.
一个村庄适合有几间普通的商店，但店面太大却不一定是好事。
We've trained him a long time and it was always a question of when, not if. '.
我们训练了他很长时间，他赢得奥运会只是时间的问题，而不是可不可能的问题。
Banks must shrink and have big safety buffers, but not if that risks a double-dip recession.
银行需要压缩规模，并确保一个大的安全缓冲，但是又不能引发二次衰退的危险。
In other words, it can tell you that your application is syntactically correct, but not if it's of high or low quality.
也就是说，它可以告诉你的程序在语法是正确的，但是不能告诉你它是高质量的还是质量差的。
The question is not if you should change, but rather how to weigh the potential benefits against the cost of migration.
问题不是您是否应该变更，而是如何权衡潜在的利益与迁移成本的问题。
D.C. police will pull you over if they see you using a cellphone that you’re holding up to your ear, but not if you’re hands-free.
如果发现你在车上把手机放在耳朵旁，华盛顿警方将截停你在路边，但如果你使用免提电话，他们就不会。
But in floating exchange rate markets, speculators can only make money if they help to stabilise the market, not if they make it more unstable.
但是在浮动汇率市场上，投机商若要赚钱，只有帮助稳定市场而不是使市场更加动荡。
It may be counter-intuitive to think that China's high-technology future depends on its countryside – but not if you believe in market principles.
中国高科技的未来取决于农村地区，这种想法可能与你的直觉不符，但如果你相信市场原则的话，想法就会不同。
Unlike traditional Web applications, you can't just open up a Web browser and surf on over to your VXML file; at least, not if you want a voice response.
与传统的Web应用程序不同，您无法直接打开Web浏览器然后浏览您的VXML文件，至少在您希望获得语音应答时不能这样做。
The best sources of iron come from animal protein, such as liver (not if you are pregnant), meats, or chicken, however you can also get iron from plant sources.
最丰富的铁质来源与动物蛋白，如肝脏(孕妇不宜多吃)，肉类，鸡肉。你也可以从植物性食物中获取铁质。
We will need better tools and support to fully take advantage of these technologies, but it has become much more of a question of when it will happen, not if it will.
虽然我们需要更好的工具和支持才能充分利用这些新兴技术，但这已经成为一个何时发生的问题，而不是是否会发生的问题了。
"The number one concern is getting the lowest possible price," said Goldenberg. "Eco-friendly products are drawing a lot of interest, but not if that means paying more."
戈登伯格说：“消费者首要的考虑因素是争取尽可能低的价格，环保产品引起很多人的兴趣，但如果要花更多的钱，那又不一样了。”
This revealed the hidden motivation that, since giving blood involves a bit of pain, people will happily do it if it's considered charity, but not if it equates to a low-paying job.
这个研究结果揭示了其中隐藏的动因，虽然献血会有一些疼痛，但如果这是一种慈善行为，人们会乐意去做，然而如果把它变成一种低廉的金钱交易，那么他们就不会再觉得开心了。
This revealed the hidden motivation that, since giving blood involves a bit of pain, people will happily do it if it's considered charity, but not if it equates to a low-paying job.
这个研究结果揭示了其中隐藏的动因，虽然献血会有一些疼痛，但如果这是一种慈善行为，人们会乐意去做，然而如果把它变成一种低廉的金钱交易，那么他们就不会再觉得开心了。
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