41. as it were
- A good king is, as it were, the father of his people. 「明君はさながら民の父である」
as it were は「さながら」「いわば」の意味。
例文1
For years the phrase had been in my mind — had, as it were, become part and parcel of myself.
Max O'Rell, Rambles in Womanland
この言い廻しは何年ものあいだ頭のなかにあり、いわばわたしの一部と化してしまっていた。
例文2
The French girl is every day getting freer. She is no longer cloistered, as it were, at home and at school. She now frequents the society of young men, gets better acquainted with them, and on more intimate terms than before.
Max O'Rell, Rambles in Womanland
フランスの若い女性は今日日、ますます自由になりつつある。彼らは家や学校でもはや修道院じみた生活を送ってはいない。彼らは若い男と付き合い、彼らと以前よりも親しく、親密になっている。
例文3
The wind drooped, as it were, folded its wings and sank to rest; the fragrant warmth of night rose in whiffs from the earth.
Ivan Turgenev, Acia (translated by Constance Garnett)
風はいわば悄然とうなだれ、翼をおさめて眠りについてしまった。かぐわしく暖かい夜の空気が地面からふっと立ち昇ってきた。
