English Dictionary

if not for

phrase

If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.

If not for the rain, we would have gone to the beach.

意味（1）

If (something) were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of (something); without.

If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.