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He must revive Labour's economic credibility, if not by apologising for overspending, then at least by elucidating which cuts he would make.
他必须使工党的经济信誉复苏，如果不是为过度开支道歉，就至少要说明他会怎样节约开支。
On that basis, then, it would not be at all surprising to see this new tussle continue quite a bit longer, if not until 2012.
有鉴于此，这场新较量可能会持续更长时间（甚至拖到2012年），这丝毫不会令人感到惊讶。
He would come out ready to go and if he was hot the Lakers would win, if not, they would usually lose.
他时刻准备着疯狂得分，当他状态很好时湖人赢球，不好时湖人就常常输球。
And anyway, the marketing idea behind it had been around for decades, if not centuries, before safety razors were invented.
实际上，安全剃刀被发明之前，这一策略背后的营销理念已经存在了很久，没有几百年，也有几十年。
Be careful, though, because editing another system's registry can be as dangerous as (if not more dangerous than) editing your own.
但是仍要小心，因为编辑另一个系统的注册表会与编辑您自己的注册表一样危险（如果不比编辑您自己的更危险的话）。
China is nothing if not humble about how much further it has to go to build a musical theatre industry.
中国在发展音乐剧产业的时候，可以说已经十分谦逊了。
Some of Mr Anderson's principles strike me as if not exactly the work of a genius, then at least the work of a perfectly sensible person.
在我看来，其中一些原则倒也不像出自什么天才之手，但提出者最起码算是一个极其理性的人。
Our way of life. If not quite yet, then at least it was the beginning of the end.
我们的生活方式，即使尚未全然终结，那也是苟延残喘。
It was a small ambition, Mr. Jobs said, instead of trying to build companies that last for decades, if not a century or more.
这有小小的野心，乔布斯说，而不是要去建立能经营几十年甚至上百年的公司。
I submit to you this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion! That could at least be understood, if not condoned.
我提出这一点，是说明这不是一时之怒的冲动而犯下的罪行，如果是一时冲动的话，即使不能被宽恕，至少也可以被理解。
A male cow is usually called a bull only if it still has its reproductive organs. If not, we call it a -- what?
“malecow”通常指那些有生殖器官的公牛，如果被阉过了我们称其为什么呢？
What he did not say was that he should have pulled the cord months, if not years, ago.
但丰田章男没有说的是，他本该在几个月——乃至几年——前拉下那根绳。
But the loss of a species that may not be as cuddly and cute is just as, if not more, important.
但是，其他或许不那么可爱的物种的消亡问题，如果不是更重要，也同样重要。
All worthy picks, but Giggs, 37, should have at least been on the list, if not at the top of it.
他们都有资格当选，但37岁的吉格斯如果无法当选的话，至少也应该进入大名单才是。
For an instant, as if not a huge gap between people, was a case and good smile of a moment, I feel my life is also the leading role.
一瞬间，仿佛人与人之间无法逾越的鸿沟，就被一格又善的微笑所代替，一瞬间，我感到我也是生活的主角。
Ron has found a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, a perky (if not obnoxious) Gryffindor student, and Hermione is not happy about it.
罗恩找了一个新女朋友，拉文德。布朗，一个漂亮的（如果不令人讨厌的话）格兰芬多学生，而赫敏对此很不高兴。
also let me know, a country must have their dignity, if not the dignity, how on the land that country?
还让我知道了，一个国家必须要有自己的尊严，如果没有了尊严，那这个土地又何谈国家呢？
If this is you, make it a point to leave work exactly on time at least once a week, if not more.
如果这是你，使它成为一个点下班时间正好每周至少一次，如果不是更多的话。
Of course it is possible that this data is not available (if not links are available) just put 0.
当然，这是可能的，这些数据是不可用（如果不是链接可用）只要把0。
those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
用世物的，要像不用世物。因为这世界的样子将要过去了。
In these cases, the parental cells differ at least with respect to genotype if not phenotype as well.
在这些情况下，亲本细胞即使不在表现型上至少也在基因型上有区别。
If not a great scholar, he was cultivated man, widely read in several languages, and capable of considerable application.
如果说他不是一个伟大的学者，那他也是个有教养的人，对几种文字涉猎甚广，并能在相当程度上运用。
He was born on the Far South, on the d'Arnault plantation, where the spirit if not the fact of slavery persisted.
他出生在美国最南部的达诺尔德的种植园里，那里如果说奴隶制度在事实上没有了，奴隶制的精神却依然存在。
He could travel with an approximation of ease if not enjoyment in the class that disconcerted him.
他与同他步调不一致的人外出时，即使感到不快也能做到近乎坦荡。
He looked up at me and I finally saw how young he was. He was a teenager if not a teen or he had to be in his early twenties.
他抬头看看我，这时我才发现原来他是个年轻的小伙子，也就是十几岁，或者顶多二十岁出头。
Doctors told her she was the first person in Europe to have all her major organs transplanted, if not the world.
医生们告诉她，如果不是在全世界范围的话，那么她也是在欧洲第一位做了所有主要器官移植的人。
She said that she would call me back in an hour, if not sooner.
她说一个钟头以后立即给我回电话。
And Orion is really one of the only, if not the only, off-the-shelf technologies that could do something.
猎户座计划即使不是唯一的，也是现成的技术。猎户座计划即使不是唯一的，也是现成的技术。
But if not, he will defraud him of his money, and he shall get him for an enemy without cause.
假使不能，就诈取债主的钱，无故与债主成了仇人。
His position was secure, his home-life, if not satisfactory, was at least undisturbed , his personal liberty rather untrammelled.
他的地位稳固，家庭生活虽然不尽人意还是太平无事，他的个人自由也没有受到限制。
I'm very thankful for that. I would probably be doing something completely different now if not for her.
我非常感谢她，因为如果不是她的话，我今天可能完全不一样。
For societies, even if not always for individuals, it is possible to offset and mitigate many of the problems of ageing.
大幅抵消和减轻老龄化问题对社会来说是有可能的，即便对个人而言并不总是如此。
The rate of loan growth should start to ebb in the second half; if not, the Bank may increase banks' reserve requirements.
下半年贷款增长应会开始减速，否则央行可能会提高银行存款准备金率。
On July 13th Mr Kan said he wants Japan to reduce nuclear power on safety grounds, if not to get rid of it altogether.
7月13日菅直人表示如果不是全部取消，他想日本在安全基础上减少使用核能。
If not, it risks falling back into the sort of authoritarianism that was supposed to have been banished by the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
如果坐视不理，伊拉克则有重陷独裁主义的危险，就像推翻萨达姆并随之废弃的独裁主义一样。
Such "zombie" machines can be linked up to thousands, if not millions, of others around the world to create a "botnet" .
这些“行尸走肉”的机器即使不能与几百万台电脑相连也能与几千台世界各地的电脑相连，从而创造了一个“僵尸网络”。
The battle for supremacy between London and New York garners the most column inches (at least in London, if not New York).
伦敦和纽约对霸主地位的竞争占据了媒体的大部分版面（至少在伦敦是如此，如果纽约不是这样的话）。
Sure, the company may make money if it sells them, but under current ownership, they're worthless to investors, if not worse.
当然，如果将这部分有毒资产出售，公司仍可能赚钱，但是在当前的股权结构下，在投资者看来，这些报纸一文不值，甚至还会更糟。
if not for her own sake , if she has no pride , at least for mine.
既然没有自尊感，顾不着自己也罢，至少也要顾全我的人格。
If not, the tool will allow us to send it to the recipient's library, as a gift, to be used when and if it is of value.
如果不是，我们便会发送到接收者的信息库中，作为一个赠品，当有用时就会使用它。
If so, the matter might have come up at the end of June. If not, stay alert, it might still surface in July.
如果是的话，这问题或许是在六月底出现的，如果不是的话，竖起耳朵，保持警惕，它有可能会在七月显现出来。
'We hope to establish Yale as a leading, if not the leading, university in the U. S. for teaching of India, ' he said.
他说，我们希望耶鲁成为对印度来说一流的美国大学，如果不是最好的话。
If not quite a day at the office, there was a fair approximation to the muddle of faraway Earth.
就算不是办公一族，这儿的生活也堪比地球上的混乱。
It seems not only brought a harm, but not a strong drill, if not be touched was injured all over the body?
看来不善钻营带来的只有坏处，但不善钻营而强钻，是否不会被碰得体无完肤？
