inasmuch
/ˌɪnəzˈmʌtʃ/adverb
1inasmuch 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.
这些规定只在成员国之间贸易受到影响的条件下才适用。
1.1
- 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。
词源
Middle English: originally as in as much, translating Old French en tant （que） 'in so much (as)'.