so to speak

I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak

我本来不该告诉你的，但我还是要这么做，因为好歹你是家里的一员。

I was, so to speak, being hauled in tow.

所以说, 我是给牵着走的.

It's a Cartier in cuisine so to speak.

烹调书上是这么讲的。

But for young people it presents an opportunity to follow the sun, so to speak.

但对年轻人来说, 却可以说是追寻生活乐趣的良机.

The dog is , so to speak, a member of the family.

那狗可以说是家庭的一员了.

I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire

我去听了他的讲话，结果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充满了激情。

She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.

她讲不了几句英语，所以她的孩子们得给她翻译。

Artistic conception , so to speak is his maximal calligraphy characteristic.

气韵, 可以说是他的书法最大特点.

That was , so to speak , another gift from Warley.

这不妨说是沃莱送给我的又一件礼物.

But it is, so to speak, a self canceling item.

但是这可以说是一种“自身抵销”的项目.

Marion had just been to see me, and had a prior claim so to speak.

在那之前玛丽恩刚来看过我, 可以说有优先要求权.

Mary is, so to speak, a hardworking student.

玛丽可说是个用功的学生.

He is devoted to educating the younger generation, and content to be, so to speak, a rung of the human ladder.

他甘当人梯，培养青年一代。

It would, so to speak, be beating over the old ground.

这嘛, 恕我直言, 将不外是老调重弹罢了.

He is , so to speak , a walking dictionary.

他可谓一部活字典.

The five countries have now all passed, so to speak, their entry test.

可以说，这5个国家现在都已经通过了入门考试。

I don't speak Greek so Dina offered to translate for me.

我不懂希腊语，于是迪娜主动给我翻译。

I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.

我本来不该告诉你的，但我还是要这么做，因为好歹你是家里的一员。

He is, so to speak, a hardworking student.

他可说是个用功的学生.

This could jeopardize our business relationship, so to speak.

可以说这会危及我们的业务联系.

His act was, so to speak, a Judan kiss.

他的行为，可以说，是犹大之吻。

When the old man comes home in a temper, he turns the whole house upside down, so to speak.

老人闹着脾气回家时，好像要把整个房子翻过来。

Its soul, so to speak, is inseparable from its body.

可以说, 它们的灵魂与其躯体是不可分开的.

His orders were issued into a vacuum , so to speak.

他的命令在某种程度上等于一纸空文.

Duke Huan of Qi killed his elder brother and married elder brother's wife. So to speak, he was a man of incest.

齐桓公杀死兄长，娶自己嫂嫂为妻，可说是乱伦之人。

Therefore, polycyclic subduction of ancient oceanic plate, so to speak, may in general lead to polycyclic development of a geosynclinal foldbelt.

因此一般而言，古大洋板块的多旋回俯冲可以导致地槽褶皱带的多旋回发展。

Your elixir must become, so to speak, the spirit of the age.

可以说，你的灵丹妙药必须成为时代精神。

They slam the door in your face, so to speak.

他们将你拒之门外, 可以这么说.

Metaphysics, so to speak, is metaphysics of language.

形而上学，可以说，就是语言形而上学。

This a way of talking but the way of practicing is to build up Sati; stay alone, don't talk and chat but build up lots of awareness and it will burst into flames, so to speak.

说是这样说，但修习之道则是要培养出正念，独自用功，不要说话和闲聊，要培养出更多的觉性，那麽它自然会燃起熊熊大火。