insofar as

英 [ˌɪnsəˈfɑːr əz]

美 [ˌɪnsəˈfɑːr əz]

conj.  在…的情况下；就…一点上（来说）；在…范围（限度）内

Collins.1

柯林斯词典

• PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 在…的范围内;到…的程度;只要
  You useinsofar asto introduce a statement which explains and adds to something you have just said.
  1. Looking back helps insofar as it helps you learn from your mistakes.
     审视过去的作用是能帮你从错误中吸取教训。

双语例句

• I think services themselves can be adequately described, insofar as their technical specification, through a WSDL or WADL.
  我认为通过WSDL或者WADL这些技术规范，服务可以充分地实现自我描述。
• The totals shown although relating to the limited number of countries listed are nevertheless believed to give a reliable indication of these crops insofar as they influence international trade.
  表中所示的总数虽然仅指所列出的有限几个国家，仍可认为它们可靠地表明了对国际贸易的影响。
• Our actions count as free insofar as our will is a cause of them.
  我们行动的自由只是指它们是由我们的意志引起的。
• What is decisive in the refutation of this view has already been said by Hegel, insofar as this was possible from an idealist standpoint;
  对驳斥这一观点具有决定性的东西，凡是从唯心主义观点出发所能说的，黑格尔都已经说了；
• Since linguistic signs only carry out their functions or possess their semantic properties only insofar as there is a practice of interpretation.
  由于语言符号仅包含了它们的作用，和语意特征，前提是存在对它们的解释。
• But this student unrest is also a good thing, insofar as it is a reminder to us.
  这件事发生了，也是好事，提醒了我们。
• The government insofar as possible is only creating the macroeconomic conditions that will allow the economy to function well.
  政府只是在可能范围内创造有利于经济良好运行的宏观经济环境。
• We should fear models only insofar as we are able to forget that we are using them at all.
  我们畏惧模型，皆因我们会完全忘记自己在使用它们。
• However, such provisions are of evidentiary value insofar as they bear upon questions of custom and practice.
  但是，此条款具有习惯与实务上无上的价值。
• Punishments are essential for improvements, insofar as they imply that health damage and death tolls are infinitely more harmful and costly to a society than initial safety and health measures would have been.
  要进步就要有惩罚措施，健康被毁和死亡远比早期采取安全和预防措施对社会造成的伤害来得大。