問：so to speak 意思是什麽？可以用作插入語只可用在句末嗎?
答：用作插入語的so to speak 既可用在句末, 也可用在句中。so to speak意思和用法大體上等於as it were (似乎, 好像, 仿佛) 。主要用於表示說話人的意見顯得不那麼肯定。
- We still don’t have our heads above water, so to speak. 我們好像仍沒有擺脫困境。
- He goes to work early before the office is awake, so to speak. 他很早就去上班, 似乎辦公室還沒睡醒, 他就到了。
- Imperialism is, so to speak, digging its own grave. 帝國主義似乎在為它自己挖墳墓。
- 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) 據說, 兩者中神經毒液是較為原始的一種, 而血液毒液仿佛是用改進配方製成的較新產品。