要不是被告自己认了罪，检方本来根本找不到定罪的路径。
If it were not for the defendant's confession, the prosecution would have had no path to a conviction.
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If英 /ɪf/|美 /ɪf/
it英 /ɪt/|美 /ɪt/
were英 /wɜː/|美 /wər/
not英 /nɒt/|美 /nɑt/
for英 /fɔː/|美 /fɔr/
解释
"If it were not for" 是 "weren't for" 的完整形式，语气更正式。引出一个与已发生事实相反的假设，主句用 would have + 过去分词 推出不同后果。
If it were not for the defendant's confession, the prosecution would have had no path to a conviction.
"If it were not for" 是 "weren't for" 的完整形式，语气更正式。引出一个与已发生事实相反的假设，主句用 would have + 过去分词 推出不同后果。