词典释义：
释义
in a way (used to be less precise)
［用于表示不够确切的情况］也许可以这么说，在某种程度上
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areas which have been, as it were, pushed aside. 在某种程度上说已被搁置起来的领域。
双语例句
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I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.
我已经理解了这些词，但我似乎还不理解这个问题。
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Teachers must put the brakes on, as it were, when they notice students looking puzzled.
当老师发现学生神色茫然时，就应该在一定程度上放慢速度。
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"It is easier," he says, "Don't look at an individual microscopically as it were through a magnifying glass."
“这会容易些。”他说，“不要像用放大镜那样从微观上看待一个人。”
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The trend, as it were, is not new.
某种程度上来说，这并不是新的潮流。
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That is the first rung, as it were.
事实上这是第一步。
近义词
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Generally it sits on an invisible surface. You can see stuff sliding down the sides, and disappearing down the drain, as it were.
它位于无形的表面，你看到物体沿着各个面塌陷，并且就跟消失在漏斗中一样。
《The Science of Interstellar》《《星际穿越》中的科学》