| 单词 | insomuch as |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinsomuch as 2. insomuch as. extracted from insomuchadv. a. Inasmuch as, in that, seeing that, since. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because thyeOE theOE asOE forwhyc1200 whenc1230 forsomuch1454 insomuch asc1500 whenas1551 insomuch1605 'cos1887 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > in so much as insofar thata1464 insameikle1483 insomuch asc1500 inasmuch1732 c1500 Adam Bel & Clym of Clough 489 We beseche you now, That you graunt vs grace, Insomuche as we be to you comen. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 In so much as of mankind the Emperor heaunlye And father of thee Gods too thee the auctoritye signed. 1836 London & Westm. Rev. 24 105 To be sure..the present law is inoperative; insomuch as the Universities..contain teachers who have never subscribed this famous confession. 1868 W. C. Hazlitt in tr. Paris & Vienne Prol. p. xii Insomuch as I am not French by birth, but was born..in the city of Marseilles. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > in order that or so that insomuch thata1450 in wise that1561 insomuch as1579 the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to such an extent > to such an extent that suchc1100 insomuch thata1450 insomuch as1579 insomuch1605 such1776 to where1933 to the point where1938 where1976 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 233 Now this dyd more increase..the peoples good opinion of his sufficiencie, and wise conduction of an armie: in so much as they thought him vnuincible. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 8 Insomuch as never resting they improvd not their power. 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. i. 25 They ran every day through the Territories..insomuch as Bernardo Mollepiero..was so sorely wounded, as he fell down dead off his horseback. c. To such an extent as, so as: see 1. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to such an extent > to such an extent as how1600 insomuch as1651 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 54 They attribute their fortune to a stander by, to a lucky or unlucky place [etc.]..insomuch as to believe, they have power to turn a stone into bread [etc.]. 1718 Free-thinker No. 51. 2 The True Breed..is very Alert insomuch as to pass frequently for a Clan of Intrepids. a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) II. 306 In so much and in so far as they are susceptible of becoming [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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