without sth; without doing sth; unless sth happens 没有；如果不；除非
Short of a miracle, we’re certain to lose.
除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。
Short of asking her to leave (= and we don’t want to do that) there’s not a lot we can do about the situation.
要是不请她走，我们也就没有多少办法应付这种局面了。