大学英语四级常用短语 so to speak
释义:
so to speak 可以说;打个譬喻说
例句:
They were all very similar. All cut from the same cloth, so to speak.
他们都十分相像。可以说就跟一块布上剪下来似的。
We can talk about Union Hill while I get this business over with. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
我们可以谈谈尤宁山,同时我把这件事干完。可以说是一举两得吧。
I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.
我不该告诉你,但我会告诉你,因为说来你也是这个家庭的一员。
Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to get his verses.
汤姆似乎是鼓足了精神,去一本正经地着手背《圣经》段落了。
She wanted to live onshore and find love so bad that she made a "deal" with a "devil" and "sells" her beautiful voice, or "soul" so to speak.
她想到岸上生活,并渴望寻找真爱,于是她和一个“魔鬼”做了一笔“交易”,“出卖”了自己美妙的声音,或者干脆说就是“灵魂”。
I think I destroyed Solomon, so to speak.
我觉得,可以说是我毁了所罗门。
I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak.
可以这么说,我这是一举两得。
Jeanne hadn't had, so to speak, a real childhood.
可以说,珍妮没有真正的童年。
Last spring (2007), I found my groove, so to speak.
直至2007年春,可以这样说,我发现了我的一套规律。
The nerve endings can only whisper, so to speak.
这样的话,打个比喻,神经末端就像只能窃窃私语而非正常说话。
May: Oh, you want my chocolate cakes, so to speak!
阿美:哦,也就是说,你想要我的巧克力蛋糕。
We've never really "celebrated" Father's Day so to speak.
可以说,我们从来没有真正“庆祝”过父亲节。
A new one is unearthed, so to speak, every couple of weeks.
可以说,每隔几个星期就会发现一颗新的行星。