1.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。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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）。
6.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。
7.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。
8.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。
9.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。
10.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。