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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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。

《牛津词典》

"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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But my chest felt heavy, and my heart pounded in my body as if it were going to explode.

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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.

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It might not be Half Life 3 (or Half Life 2 Episode 3, as it were).

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So he has quit, with immediate effect, to save the bank he loves, as it were.

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