核心问题
so to speak 用作插入语只可用在句末吗?
词典解答
用作插入语的 so to speak 既可用在句末,也可用在句中。它的语义和用法大体上等于 as it were(似乎,好像,仿佛)。主要用于表示说话人的意见显得不那么肯定。
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We still don't have our heads above water, so to speak. 我们好像仍没有摆脱困境。
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He goes to work early before the office is awake, so to speak. 他很早就去上班，似乎办公室还没睡醒，他就到了。
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Imperialism is, so to speak, digging its own grave. 帝国主义似乎在为它自己挖掘坟墓。
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It's very bad, I mean, it's almost a crime, so to speak. (PEU) 非常可恶,我的意思是,这几乎可以说是犯罪。
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He is, so to speak, our king. (ELD) 他似乎是我们的国王。
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It is said that the nerve poison is the more primitive of the two, that the blood poison is, so to speak, a newer product from an improved formula. (New Concept English, Book 4, p.81) 据说,两者中神经毒液是较为原始的一种,而血液毒液仿佛是用改进配方制成的较新产品。