(inasmuch as)to the extent that; in so far as 在这个意义上,在这样的范围内;就…而言,在…条件下 these provisions apply only inasmuch as trade between Member States is affected. 这些规定只在成员州之间贸易受到影响的条件下才适用。 ■considering that; since (used to specify the respect in which a statement is true) 鉴于…,因为,由于(用于具体指明陈述属实的某个方面) a most unusual astronomer inasmuch as he was deaf mute. 鉴于他是聋哑人,他是个十分不同寻常的天文学家。
语源
Middle English: originally as in as much, translating Old French en tant (que) 'in so much (as')