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phr

• ① 若非(与现在事实相反的假设)(=if it were not for),若非(与过去事实相反的假设)(=if it had not been for)(参照except for)
  • But for your help, I could not succeed [I could not have succeeded].若无你帮忙,我就无法成功[当时若非你帮忙,我就无法成功]。