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

• They differ from the manual workers only insofar as they perform different roles in the social division of labour.
  他们与体力劳动者的区别，只是社会分工的不同。
• 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。
• Insofar as such statements have any meaning, the people who make them seem to be comparing implicitly or explicitly the aggregate gross domestic product of countries or blocs.
  就这类说法的意义而言，说这些话的人似乎在含蓄或明确的比较这些国家或国家集团的国内生产总值（GDP）。
• 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。
• She had felt complete sympathy with the movement insofar as she perceived it.
  在她所能领悟到的范围内，她完全同情那场运动。
• 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。
• 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 you are a student of our college, you have.
  只要你是我们学院的学生就可以使用我们图书馆的设施。
• Insofar as I can say now, I shall come.
  目前我只能说来。
• 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。