so to speak

英[səʊtəspiːk] 美[soʊʊtəspiːk]
  • adv. 可谓;好比;如同
  • so far 迄今为止;到某个程度
  • so far from adj.非但不(决不是)
  • so few r:那么点儿|a:这么点儿|n:那么点儿
  • so i am c:是
  • so little r:那么点儿|n:那么点儿|a:这么点儿
Adverb:
  1. as if it were really so;

    "she lives here, as it were"

  2. in a manner of speaking;

    "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead"

1. They were all very similar. All cut from the same cloth, so to speak.
他们都十分相像。可以说就跟一块布上剪下来似的。

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2. We can talk about Union Hill while I get this business over with. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
我们可以谈谈尤宁山,同时我把这件事干完。可以说是一举两得吧。

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3. The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training.
同样的道理也适用于有意为之的业余人士,他们可以说是训练中的专业人士。

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4. I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.
我不该告诉你,但我会告诉你,因为说来你也是这个家庭的一员。

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5. She wanted to live onshore and find love so bad that she made a "deal" with a "devil" and "sells" her beautiful voice, or "soul" so to speak.
她想到岸上生活,并渴望寻找真爱,于是她和一个“魔鬼”做了一笔“交易”,“出卖”了自己美妙的声音,或者干脆说就是“灵魂”。

youdao

6. I think I destroyed Solomon, so to speak.
我觉得,可以说是我毁了所罗门。

youdao

7. I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak.
可以这么说,我这是一举两得。

youdao

8. Jeanne hadn't had, so to speak, a real childhood.
可以说,珍妮没有真正的童年。

youdao

9. The nerve endings can only whisper, so to speak.
这样的话,打个比喻,神经末端就像只能窃窃私语而非正常说话。

youdao

10. May: Oh, you want my chocolate cakes, so to speak!
阿美:哦,也就是说,你想要我的巧克力蛋糕。

youdao

11. We've never really "celebrated" Father's Day so to speak.
可以说,我们从来没有真正“庆祝”过父亲节。

youdao

12. A new one is unearthed, so to speak, every couple of weeks.
可以说,每隔几个星期就会发现一颗新的行星。

youdao

13. These three forces must eat each other up, so to speak.
这三个力必然互相抵消。

youdao

14. The computation was, so to speak, a "proof of principle."
计算是证明的原则,此言不差啊。

youdao

15. Otherwise, you're wasting a bit, so to speak, unnecessarily.
否则,你就浪费了一个比特位,也就多余了。

youdao

16. And the town of Mirny in the background, for the scale so to speak.
从规模上来讲,可以说整个米尔内城镇只变成了它的背景。

youdao

17. That's a preference to data, so to speak, of the reading for today.
这是一种对资料的选择,可以说也是今天阅读资料的选择。

youdao

18. You really feel like you're, so to speak, in the pictorial with her.
可以说,你真的有种和她一同站在画面中的感觉。

youdao

19. Is not this second infinite, so to speak, subjacent to the first?
第二个无极是不是第一个的里层呢?

youdao

20. This is a simple test to get me going, to "prime the pump," so to speak.
可以说,这是一个简单的测试,让我说明测试驱动的编程。

youdao

21. When in nature or in a garden, I become a part of the picture, so to speak.
当在大自然中或者在一个花园里,可以说,我都成为了照片的一部分。

youdao

22. It sounds like everyone is putting their eggs in the same basket, so to speak.
可以这样说,就像将所有人都将鸡蛋放入同一篮子一样。

youdao

23. But for young people it presents an opportunity to follow the sun, so to speak.
但对年轻人来说,却可以说是追寻生活乐趣的良机。

youdao

24. In man transitory life attains its peak of animation, of soul power, so to speak.
可以这么说,在人身上,短暂的生命达到了其活力与精神力量的巅峰。

youdao

25. Marius' blandishments, all saturated with fancy, were, so to speak, of azure hue.
马吕斯的甜言蜜语是充满了遐想的,可以说,具有碧空的颜色。

youdao

26. I wanted to lower the "barrier to entry," so to speak, of dependency injection.
我希望能够降低依赖注入的入门难度。

youdao

27. Many of our new members are in urban settings, the worried wealthy, so to speak.
我们的许多新成员住在都市,所谓的有忧患意识的富裕人群。

youdao

28. Many of our new members are in urban settings, the worried wealthy, so to speak.
我们的许多新成员住在都市,所谓的有忧患意识的富裕人群。

youdao

    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. He is, so to speak, a hardworking student.
      他可说是个用功的学生。
    2. The new procedures have been officially christened, so to speak.
      新措施可以说已经正式实施了。
    3. It is a lone island off the coast of Guangdong, a mere dot, so to speak, in the South China Sea.
      它是广东海岸边的一座孤岛,可说是南海上的一个小点。

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