were meaning in English
be 的过去式，陈述语气用于复数，虚拟语气用于单数及复数。I wish it were so. 我巴不得这样。 as it were 如同，好似，仿佛。 were it not for 要是没有…的话，要不是…。
Examples
- I have heard that he has been married before ..
我听说他过去结过婚。 - The resulting radiation is known as airglow .
其发出的辐射称为气辉。 - Business is terrible. i am calling it quits .
生意太糟了我要关门了。 - Since i am not crazy, i do not care .
既然我没有发疯，我就毫不在乎。 - He wondered if he had been dreaming .
他不晓得自己是不是做了一场梦。