[求譯] 請問這句的意思

[loayu (loayu)]

He is now on a diet and hopes to whittle himself down to 195 pounds. But he added that “if I could do 200, I think I’d see less of my neck in pictures and that would make me feel better.”

Yes, some grooms are feeling the same constraints to slim down and tone up before their big day that their brides have been dealing with for decades, if not generations.

ore their big day that their brides have been dealing with for decades, if not

 generations.


請問最後一句 if not generation 要如何翻呢

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→ priv:"for decades, if not generations" 不可拆開
→ priv:中文意近「如果不是數個世代，也要數十年」
推 linzh:這邊if not= and perhaps even 算是很常見的用法 所以是指
→ linzh:....for decades, and perhaps even for generations.
→ priv:推 linzh 的解釋比較精確