| 词组 | seeing, seeing as, seeing as how, seeing that |
| 释义 | seeing, seeing as, seeing as how, seeing that Seeing has long been used as a conjunction meaning "inasmuch as; in view of the fact that": • They all wanted to know why—seeing I had the same genes as Tracy—I couldn't swim as fast as she could —Amy Caulkins, quoted in Sports Illustrated, 20 Apr. 1981 This conjunction has been in use since the 16th century, but it does not now appear very frequently in writing. It originally appeared as part of a compound in seeing that, which is still used, and it also appears in the compound forms seeing as and seeing as how. Seeing as and seeing as how are chiefly spoken forms for which we have little written evidence. Both are attested in American and British English (seeing as how was noticed in debate in the House of Commons in 1961). • "Well, seeing as I like your style," he said, "I think we might just be able to fit you in, mightn't we, Pauline?" —Alan Coren, Punch, 1 Apr. 1976 • ... haven't paid her any profuse attention, seein' as the German girls never know what to make of it when a person takes any notice of them —Henry Adams, letter, 8 Nov. 1859 • Seeing as how the Governor was a co-sponsor of the original bill ... , I've got a sneaking hunch he just might veto this —Jim Stoicheff, Priest River (Idaho) Times, 26 Jan. 1973 Seeing that is the best attested of all four forms in writing: • It seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary end • Will come when it will come—Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1600 • ... inappropriate, seeing that Campanella is only about thirty yards above sea-level —Norman Douglas, Siren Land, 1911 • Seeing that his brother ... had resigned the Lord Lieutenancy without setting foot in Ireland, Frederick had really done well for himself —Irish Digest, May 1952 Seeing as how is aspersed in a few handbooks as nonstandard, but it seems rather to be simply a spoken form; we have no evidence that links it with the usage of the uneducated. It is possible that in American use it is geographically restricted, since our slender evidence suggests it may be a Northern form. The Dictionary of American Regional English will have the last word on that question. |
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