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。
• 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 orderer can only invoke foreign law insofar as the claim would also be justified if the provisions mentioned above and these general terms and conditions of business were applied.
  只有在上述条款和这些通用商务条款和条件同样适用的情况下，订购方才能援引外国法律以使索赔合理。
• 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。
• This principle is important in magnetic prospecting only insofar as it forms the basis.
  这种原理就其构成基础而言，在磁法勘探中也是重要的。
• Welding procedures shall be selected to minimize the residual stresses insofar as practical.
  在选择焊接工艺时应使残余应力最小化。
• Insofar as I can say now, I shall come.
  目前我只能说来。
• 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。
• And insofar as thought is analytical, it doesn't demand that.
  既然思想是分析性的，所以不需要思想。
• 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。