如果他們必須先學拉丁文的話,是沒有機會讓羅馬人征服世界的對吧。

The Romans would never have had the chance to conquer the world if they had first been required to study Latin.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 他們 men they; them
3 必須
  1. to have to
  2. must
  3. compulsory
  4. necessarily
=4 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=4 xiǎn only used in 先馬先马
5 xué
  1. to learn
  2. to study
  3. to imitate
  4. science
  5. -ology
=6 拉丁文 dīngwén Latin (language)
=6 拉丁文 dīngwén the Latin language (especially written)
7 的話 dehuà if (coming after a conditional clause)
=8 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=8 shì variant of shì
9 沒有 méiyǒu
  1. haven't
  2. hasn't
  3. doesn't exist
  4. to not have
  5. to not be
10 機會 huì
  1. opportunity
  2. chance
  3. occasion

classifier:

11 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like bèi)
12 羅馬 Luó Rome, capital of Italy
13 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

14 征服 zhēng
  1. to conquer
  2. to subdue
  3. to vanquish
15 世界 shìjiè world

classifier:

=16 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=16 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=16 really and truly
=16 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
17 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
=18
  1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
  2. to puff (on a pipe etc)
  3. (onom.) bang
  4. abbr. for 貼吧 tiē
=18 ba
  1. (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
  2. ...right?
  3. ...OK?
  4. ...I presume.
=18 biā (onom.) smack!
=18 only used in 吧呀