as it were

基本解释

Where and when do you want to peak, ? as it were, in terms of your accomplishments?
你想在什么时间到达巅峰，如果它说的是你的成就方面？
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.
我们像参加高中生舞会的监护人，拿着咖啡杯，（好像是咖啡壶），悠闲的站在一旁，观看表演的话剧。
You see, the intervals between us interlocking our minds and bodies, as it were, have grown longer and longer.
你看，我们把思想和身体结合起来的时间间隔可以说是变得越来越长了。
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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.
当然，我理解可以说您的朋友，对美丽的看法。
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It is easier," he says, "not to view justice microscopically in an individual, " as it were through a magnifying glass."
他续说：，“这会容易些，不要将正义放到显微镜下,个别检视，透过放大镜来检视正义“
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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