If it had not been for a very lucky chance, he probably would have had to stay there longer.
如果不是因为一个非常幸运的机会，他可能会不得不在那里待得更久。
Tests do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.
测试并不弥补明显的社会不公，因此不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
For example, tests do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.
例如，测试并不弥补明显的社会不公；因此，它们不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
Had I not attended this workshop, I would have automatically assumed the man was the best candidate because the position required quite a bit of extensive travel.
如果我没有参加这个研讨会，我会自动认为这个人是最佳人选，因为这个职位需要到处出差。
Because I am new to this, I have had some slip-ups. I thought raisins were raw but apparently they are not.
由于我是新手，我犯了些差错。我以为葡萄干是生的，但显然不是。
They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
他们容忍了自己儿子的行为，而换作别的任何人，他们才不会容忍。
He claimed the government had entrapped him into doing something that he would not have done otherwise.
他声称政府诱骗了他，令他做了原本不会做的事。
U.S. consular officials have visited the men, although they have not yet had access to lawyers.
美国领事馆的官员已经探望了那些男人，不过他们还没有机会见到律师们。
I have not worried so much this year, partly because I have had other things to think about.
今年我不那么担心了，在一定程度上是因为我还有其他的事情要考虑。
Greece would not have such a problem with higher bond yields if it had not borrowed so much money in the first place.
如果希腊一开始就没有借入这么多资金，它就不会面临债券收益率上升的问题。
The London Bank and their agents who had been negotiating with the kidnappers have not said whether any amount of money has been paid.
伦敦银行和他们的经纪人一直在与绑匪谈判，但没有透露是否已经支付了赎金。
If Simon had not, early in life, learnt to be content with his life, he might never have been given those chances.
如果西蒙在早年没有学会满足于自己的生活，他可能永远不会有这样的机会。
The nets captured a few more trout than they would have without the flood but did not show substantial flushing of native fish, whose ancestors had, after all, survived many larger natural floods.
与没有洪水时相比，渔网捕获了更多的鳟鱼，但并没有显示本地鱼类的大量泛滥，毕竟它们的祖先在许多更大的自然洪水中幸存了下来。
Potter would have fallen if they had not caught him and eased him to the ground.
如果他们没有扶着波特，把他慢慢放在地上，他差点摔下去。
If a few thick pillars had not been left supporting the rest, it would undoubtedly have tumbled down.
如果没有几根粗大的柱子支撑这残骸，它肯定会倒下来。
The game ended in a tame 1-1 draw that probably would have slipped from the memory had it not been my first visit to the Monumental.
这场比赛以平淡的1-1打平结束，如果不是因为这是我第一次去纪念碑球场，我可能已经忘记了。
This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year.
这并不是说，如果我们在大一第一次见面，我们就会合不来。
He did not know that Dr. Craven would have said that his nerves had relaxed and rested themselves.
他不知道，克雷文医生肯定会说：他的神经得到休息，已经舒缓下来。
Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.
布鲁克斯女士可能怀疑，抑或没有怀疑过手下的记者是如何获取新闻的，但她并未质疑、指导，也未得到任何可追溯、有记录的答案。
Real criticism is not meant to find obvious mistakes, so if she found any—the type I could have found on my own—I had to start from scratch.
真正的批评并不是为了发现那些明显的错误，所以如果她发现了任何我自己就能察觉到的错误，我就得从头开始。
His horse would have ran off, if a shepherd who was coming by, driving a cow, had not stopped it.
如果不是赶着牛的农夫拦住了马，他的马早就跑掉了。
It's a fearsome thing that our most enthusiastic member would not have had the temerity to call ornamental.
这是个可怕的东西，我们当中最热心的成员也没有胆量把它叫做装饰。
For example, some venoms are chemical-based, and others are bacteria-based, so they clearly had to have developed along different routes and may not be as closely related as we thought.
例如，一些毒液基于化学物质，而另一些基于细菌，所以它们显然是由不同的途径产生的，可能不像我们想象的那样密切相关。
Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one.
他不仅没有母亲，而且一点也不想要。
He wanted to help kids that were like him, and that probably would not have had a chance to go to college without his gift.
他想帮助像他一样的孩子，如果没有他的捐赠，他们可能就没有机会上大学。
Why not have a try? After all, I had nothing to lose.
为什么不试试呢？毕竟，我没有什么可失去的。
The doctor told him that he would have died if it had not been for his little girl.
医生告诉他，如果没有他的小女儿，他已经死了。
A boy pushed him from behind, and he would have fallen again if another had not caught him.
一个男孩从后面推了他一下，要不是另一个男孩抓住他，他还会再掉下去的。
In the 1950s, African American writers had few chances to demonstrate that they had any knowledge of life that did not have something to do with Black.
在20世纪50年代，非裔美国作家几乎没有机会证明他们对生活的了解与黑人无关。
They would have reached the nursery in time had it not been that the little stars were watching them.
要不是那些小星星在看着他们，他们会及时赶到婴儿室的。
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