not if I can help itspokenNOT DO something used to say that you are not going to do something 不会做某事 ‘Are you going to watch the school play?’ ‘Not if I can help it.’ “你会去看学校话剧表演吗?”“能不去就不去。”
not if I can help it• "Are you going to stay very long?" "Not if I can help it."
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