idiomB1used when youwantto say how doing something would make itpossibletoavoidsomethingunpleasant:只要,倘若,要是If only she'dlistento what he's saying, I'msurethey couldsolvetheproblem.要是她肯听他的话,我肯定他们能够解决这个问题。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWanting things
ache forsomething
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle
angle forsomething
burn
fancy
hanker after/forsomething
haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
hunger
hunger after/forsomething
pine
setyoursights onsomethingidiom
shook
sight
someone'sheart's desireidiom
straw
super-ambitious
tempt
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if only| American Dictionary
if only
idiomthereasonfor this is:Ithinkyou should get ajob, if only to have something to do.If only alsomeansthat doing somethingsimplewould have made itpossibletoavoidsomethingunpleasant:If only she hadlistenedto me, she wouldn’t be in thismess.If only is also used tomean"Iwish":If only I had moremoney.(Definition ofif onlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/if-only##