so to speak

英 [səʊ tə spiːk] 美 [soʊʊ tə spiːk]

• adv. 可谓；好比；如同

英英释义

Adverb:

1. as if it were really so;

   "she lives here, as it were"
   

2. in a manner of speaking;

   "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He is, so to speak, a hardworking student.
   他可说是个用功的学生。
2. The new procedures have been officially christened, so to speak.
   新措施可以说已经正式实施了。
3. It is a lone island off the coast of Guangdong, a mere dot, so to speak, in the South China Sea.
   它是广东海岸边的一座孤岛，可说是南海上的一个小点。

词汇搭配

• so to speak 可谓

近反义词

【近义词】

• as it were 可以说