可以说，可谓

1. 可以说是;打个譬喻说：so that 以便;结果是;以致 | so to speak 可以说是;打个譬喻说 | so...as to 如此...以至于

2. 可以这么说：so much so that到如此的地步以至于 | so to speak可以这么说 | speaking of说到

3. 可以那么说：3. So it seems. 好像是这么回事. | 4. So to speak. 可以那么说. | 5. In a manner of speaking. 不妨这么说吧.

4. 可以说, 可谓：complementary 互补的 | so to speak 可以说, 可谓 | self-defeating 弄巧成拙的, 不利于自己的企图的

adv

1. as if it were really so

e.g. she lives here, as it were

Synonym: as it were

2. in a manner of speaking

e.g. the feeling is, as we say, quite dead

Synonym: as we say