not (...) as sucha) spokenIN FACT used to say that the word you are using to describe something is not exactly correct 并不是真正的…，并非名副其实的… There isn’t a garden as such, just a little vegetable patch. 哪有什么花园，只是一块小小的菜地而已。
b) used to say that something does not include or is not related to all things or people of a particular type 〔用于表示并不包括全部某类人或物，或并非与全部某类人或物有关〕 We have nothing against men as such. 我们对这样的男人并不反感。
→ not (...) as such at such(3)