如何理解这里用了虚拟语气as it were, against his will. ?

There was real passion in his voice, and in spite of myself I was impressed. I seemed to feel in him some vehement power that was struggling within him; it gave me the sensation of something very strong, overmastering, that held him, as it were, against his will. I could not understand. He seemed really to be possessed of a devil, and I felt that it might suddenly turn and rend him.

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1)如何理解这里用了虚拟语气as it were, against his will. ?

2)这里用了be possessed of a devil, 按照词典用法，应该是具有一个魔鬼的能力，如果是be possessed by a devil 才是被魔鬼附身的意思。可是按照句意，应该是被魔鬼附身的意思。可为什么用of,而没有用by呢？

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最佳答案 2021-01-05 19:14

1） as it were 为习语，多用于口语，用来表示说话人的用词或表述不一定很准确。可以翻译为：似乎、好像、可以说等。这是as if it were so的简略。英文释义为：

Seemingly, in a way, as in He was living in a dream world, as it were. A shortening of "as if it were so,"

1) possessed 为形容词，意为被（魔鬼）附体的。通常后接by a devil. 但间或有用of a devil的。意义相同。如果要细扣，be possessed by a devil为被动语态，be possessed of a devil为系表结构。类似于：He was surprised by the news. 为被动语态；He was surprised at the news. 为系表结构。

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如何理解这里用了虚拟语气as it were, against his will. ?

最佳答案 2021-01-05 19:14

1） as it were 为习语，多用于口语，用来表示说话人的用词或表述不一定很准确。可以翻译为：似乎、好像、可以说等。这是as if it were so的简略。英文释义为：

Seemingly, in a way, as in He was living in a dream world, as it were. A shortening of "as if it were so,"

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