as Jefferson put it = 如 Jefferson 所说,put it = put (something)into words,express oneself
as I see it 在我看来, 我看(这件事)...
as it turned out = 原来是... as Jefferson put it , as I see, as it turn out 用英语 rephrase 一下 > what Jefferson said = what I think (of it) = what (it) actually was/is