单词 | were |
释义 | were (wəʳ , STRONG wɜːʳ ) 1. A1 Were is the plural and the second person singular of the past tense of be1. 2. B1+ Were is sometimes used instead of 'was' in certain structures, for example in conditional clauses or after the verb ' wish'. [formal] He might withdraw if he were allowed to keep part of a disputed oil field. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion. 3. as it were phrase You say as it were in order to make what you are saying sound less definite. [vagueness] I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question. Synonyms: in a way, to some extent, so to speak, in a manner of speaking we're (wɪəʳ ) A1 We're is the usual spoken form of 'we are'. I'm married, but we're separated. We're thinking of going to a jazz club tonight. |
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