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if only
idiom
B1
used when you want to say how doing something would make it possible to avoid something unpleasant: 只要，倘若，要是
If only she'd listen to what he's saying, I'm sure they could solve the problem.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 phrases
Wanting things
ache for something
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle for something
desperate
expense
fancy
have your eye on somethingidiom
hunger
hunger after/for something
hungrily
pine
set your heart on something/doing somethingidiom
set your sights on somethingidiom
shook
shopping list
sight
someone's heart's desireidiom
straw
if only | American Dictionary
if only
idiom
the reason for this is:
I think you should get a job, if only to have something to do.
If only also means that doing something simple would have made it possible to avoid something unpleasant:
If only she had listened to me, she wouldn’t be in this mess.
If only is also used to mean "I wish":
If only I had more money.
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