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。
• 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。
• You will learn you lessons only insofar as you are willing to keep studying them.
  你的功课能学多少，完全视你肯努力的情形而定。
• Services are useful only insofar as they are consumed, and so the best way of specifying their usefulness is to describe what consumers expect of them.
  服务只有被消费了才有用；所以，要规定服务的效用，最好的方式就是描述消费者对它们有何期望。
• But, insofar as they succeed, they create a recurrent problem for themselves.
  但只要他们成功了，他们就为自己创造重复出现的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• This other way of reading goes against the preceding insofar as it immediately refers a book to Exteriority.
  这种另类的阅读方式违背前文内容，因为它立刻将书本引到外在事件。
• A planet does not signify one thing except insofar as it brings it about.
  行星并不意味着某件事，除非是其导致发生的情况下。
• 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。