要不是他多嘴，事情也不至于搞僵。

If he hadn't shot his mouth off, things couldn't have been so awkward.

《新英汉大辞典》

如果你事先作好准备，也不至于那么被动。

If you had prepared in advance, you wouldn't be in such an awkward position.

《新英汉大辞典》

我也不至于想出这么下贱的主意。

I could never entertain a thought so currish to myself.

youdao

Well, they weren't ignorant undergraduates, but beyond that they drank wine, not those barbarian liquids that you drink, and also they mixed that wine with water, so that it shouldn't get them drunk too fast.

他们可不是幼稚的大学生,他们喝的是美酒,而不是你们喝的那种野蛮液体,同时他们也把酒和水兑在一起喝,这样他们就不至于很快醉倒

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