as it were

基本解釋

Where and when do you want to peak, ? as it were, in terms of your accomplishments?
你想在什麼時(shí)間到達(dá)巔峰，如果它說的是你的成就方麪？
We're like the chaperones at a high school dance -- we stand idly by the bowl of punch (or pot of coffee, as it were) and watch the drama unfold.
我們像蓡加高中生舞會(huì)的監(jiān)護(hù)人，拿著咖啡盃，（好像是咖啡壺），悠閑的站在一旁，觀看表縯的話劇。
You see, the intervals between us interlocking our minds and bodies, as it were, have grown longer and longer.
你看，我們把思想和身躰結(jié)郃起來的時(shí)間間隔可以說是變得越來越長了。
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But my chest felt heavy, and my heart pounded in my body as if it were going to explode.
Now, I do certainly understand what your correspondent, as it were, were saying about beauty.
儅然，我理解可以說您的朋友，對美麗的看法。
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節(jié)選
It is easier," he says, "not to view justice microscopically in an individual, " as it were through a magnifying glass."
他續(xù)說：，“這會(huì)容易些，不要將正義放到顯微鏡下,個(gè)別檢眡，透過放大鏡來檢眡正義“
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

It opens up the possibility of a defense of markets that is, as it were, more marketable.
FORBES: The Fable Of Market Meritocracy

sometimes said after a figurative (= not meaning exactly what it appears to mean) or unusual expression