1. were it not for=if it were not for 是一个带有虚拟语气的状语从句
2. 我个人觉得句子本来应该是as you got closer 也就是一个结果状语从句 不过进行了一个倒装转化
Wirecard might still be one of Europe's most feted tech firms , were it not for a small band of sceptics .
1.请问一句话为什么有两个动词,be 和 were?
he pieced together a picture of a firm built on fraud , with fake customers, invented profits and cash balances that looked flimsier the closer you got.
2.请问 the closer 是连词吗?