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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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）。
• 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。
• Insofar as I can say now, I shall come.
  目前我只能说来。
• 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。
• 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。