were
as it were
用;对陈述的事做夸张的比喻，以示强调并要求理解。 意：可以说是;如果可以这样说的话 例 .He is my best friend, my second self, as it were. 他是我最好的朋友，可以说是第二个我。 Language is, as it were, a mirror of what a society is like. 语言可以说是社会的一面镜子。