如果不是

• if instead of

例句

1. 如果不是玛丽在最后时刻戳穿骗局，这个阴谋就可能得逞。
   The plot might well have succeeded of Mary had not given the show away at the last minute.
2. 严格地说，天主教徒的配偶如果不是天主教徒而又拒绝按照天主教的仪式结婚，那么这个天主教徒才是脱离了原属教派与其他教派的人结了婚。
   On the strictest interpretation, a Catholic is only marrying out of the faith if his partner is a non-Catholic and refuses to be married according to the rites of the Catholic Church.
3. 如果不是因为这个缺点，我会马上雇用他。
   If it were not for this defect, I shall hire him at once.