“reform" in America has benn sterile because it can imagine no change excepte through the extension of theis metaphor of a race,wider inclusion of competitors, " a piece of the action," as it were, for the disenfranchised.
as it were是什么意思?
[quote]以下是引用quncc在2002-10-30 10:23:52的发言:
“reform" in America has benn sterile because it can imagine no change excepte through the extension of theis metaphor of a race,wider inclusion of competitors, " a piece of the action," as it were, for the disenfranchised.
as it were是什么意思?
改革在美国没有什么实质意义,只不过是把种族和其竞争者的范围扩大了一下,像他们说的那样,对那些被剥夺了公民权的人“采取一点行动”
AS IT WERE,是一个插入成分,没有什么实质意义,如果非要解释的话,可以解释成“像他们说的那样“
我理解的不一定很准,大家再看看。
[em26]