yàobúshì

if it weren't for

Usages of yàobúshì

• 要不是yàobúshì 她tā 出门chūmén 前qián 又yòu 看kàn 了le 一下yíxià 门mén 有没有yǒuméiyǒu 锁suǒ 好hǎo， 我wǒ 可能kěnéng 现在xiànzài 还hái 在zài 担心dānxīn。: If it weren’t for her checking again before going out whether the door was locked, I’d probably still be worried now.
• 要不是yàobúshì 合同hétong 写xiě 得de 很hěn 清楚qīngchu， 我wǒ 还hái 真zhēn 不bú 放心fàngxīn 马上mǎshàng 把bǎ 押金yājīn 给gěi 她tā。: If the contract hadn’t been written so clearly, I really wouldn’t have felt comfortable giving her the deposit right away.
• 要不是yàobúshì 这里zhèli 的de 信号xìnhào 不bú 太tài 好hǎo， 我wǒ 也yě 不会búhuì 一会儿yíhuìr 关机guānjī， 一会儿yíhuìr 又yòu 开机kāijī。: If it weren’t for the signal being so bad here, I wouldn’t be turning the phone off and on again and again.
• 要不是yàobúshì 提前tíqián 看kàn 岗位职责gǎngwèizhízé， 我wǒ 不会búhuì 参加cānjiā 这次zhècì 面试miànshì。: If I had not read the job responsibilities in advance, I would not have attended this interview.
• 要不是yàobúshì 朋友péngyou 帮bāng 我wǒ 看kàn 简历jiǎnlì， 我wǒ 不会búhuì 收到shōudào 录用通知lùyòngtōngzhī。: If my friend had not helped me review the résumé, I would not have received the job offer.
• 要不是yàobúshì 面试官miànshìguān 告诉gàosu 我wǒ， 我wǒ 还hái 不bù 知道zhīdào 有yǒu 试用期shìyòngqī。: If the interviewer had not told me, I still would not know there was a probation period.
• 要不是yàobúshì 这些zhèxiē 福利fúlì， 我wǒ 不会búhuì 选择xuǎnzé 全职quánzhí 岗位gǎngwèi。: If it were not for these benefits, I would not choose a full-time position.

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