was和were是什么意思最中要

was

英 [w?z] 美 [wɑ:z]

v.用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式）;在，存在;不受干扰

were

英 [w?(r)] 美 [w?:]

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式;有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等

Were it not for 是什么意思

were it not for的意思是：如果不是为了······；要是没有······的话。

这是一个虚拟语气，在虚拟语气中，若句中有were 或者had，可以把他们提前到句首，还原的话，应该是if it were not for。

were it not for

释义：（与事实相对的假定）若不是…的话

双语例句：

Were it not for your songs.

如果她不是为你的歌声准备的。

Were it not for your eyes.

如果它不是为你的双眼准备的。

Were it not for the feather, no one would have known that the white birdhad ever been.

倘若不是鸟儿在离去时留下这片羽毛为证，有谁会知道小白鸟曾经来过？

答在这里Were it not for = If it were not for。这是非真实条件从句。它的意思是“如果没有”、“要不是由于”。在if条件从句中，如果含有were, should, had等动词，则可以通过主谓倒装的方法来取消连线词if，从而变成无连线词条件从句。在正式语体中，if it were not for可以写成无连词的形式：were it not for。例如： Were it not for your help, I would still be homeless. 要是没有你的帮助，我仍然会无家可归。 They might live quite fortably were it not for a quarrel with their next door neighbor. 他们如果没有和邻居吵架，可能会过得很舒服。如果要表示过去的非真实的条件，则使用if it had not been for。例如： If it hadn’t been for the rain, we would have had a good harvest. 要是没有下雨的话，我们就会获得大丰收了。 If it had not been for Margaret, I might not have understood. 要是没有玛格丽特，我可能还没有弄明白。在正式语体里， if it had not been for 可以写成无连词的形式： had it not been for。例如： Had it not been for the doctor’s care, I should not be speaking to you now. 要是当时没有医生的治疗，我现在就不能和你说话了。

were it not for