were

as it were

用;对陈述的事做夸张的比喻，以示强调并要求理解。
意：可以说是;如果可以这样说的话
例 .He is my best friend, my second self, as it were.
他是我最好的朋友，可以说是第二个我。
Language is, as it were, a mirror of what a society is like.
语言可以说是社会的一面镜子。