in a manner of speakingexprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own."
(so to speak, as it were)
可以说，不妨说
某种意义上说 mǒu zhǒng yì yì shàng shuō
In a manner of speaking, this was the first 'live' test of the equipment.