as it were

英[æzɪtwɜː] 美[æzɪtwɜː]
  • 可以说;在某种程度上
  • as adv.同样地;例如;被认为prep.作为;如同conj.因为;像;当...之时;像...一样;结果;尽管n.阿斯(古罗马重量单位,约373克;古罗马铜币名)
  • it pron.它
  • were v.是,在,有(be动词的复数过去式)
Adverb:
  1. as if it were really so;

    "she lives here, as it were"

    1. He is my best friend, my brother, as it were.
      他是我最好的朋友,可以说是我的兄弟。
    2. That's a good joke but I think I can cap it.
      那是个好笑话,但是我可以说得更好。
    3. His arguments were somewhat self-contradictory.
      他的观点在某种程度上自相矛盾。
    4. Then maybe somehow we can work it out.
      然后可能在某种程度上我们能解决这些问题。

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