英语词汇as it were怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

as it were

idiom

sometimes said after afigurative(= notmeaningexactlywhat itappearstomean)orunusualexpression:

可以说是；在一定程度上

If he stillrefuseswe could alwaysapplya littlepressure, as it were.如果他还是拒绝，我们总还可以在一定程度上给他施加点压力。

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单词	as it were
释义	as it were idiom sometimes said after afigurative(= notmeaningexactlywhat itappearstomean)orunusualexpression: 可以说是；在一定程度上 If he stillrefuseswe could alwaysapplya littlepressure, as it were.如果他还是拒绝，我们总还可以在一定程度上给他施加点压力。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Figurative use of language a metaphor forsomethingidiom allegorically allusion anthropomorphic anthropomorphize fig figurative figure of speech idiom metaphor metaphorical metonymy mixed metaphor non-literal non-metaphorical pathetic fallacy so to speakidiom speak symbol trope See more results » (Definition ofas it werefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/as-it-were##
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