如何分析like something in his childhood?

有一读者问: 有这样一个句子:

He remembered like something in his childhood, that there had been a time when he had observed these rules.

请问如何分析理解like something in his childhood?

like something in his childhood在此是一插入语,其前省去了what he remembered(应该省去,以免与其前的he remembered重复)。这种插入语只用在非常口语化的文体中。它的意思是“像是他孩提时代的事”。