| 词组 | inasmuch as |
| 释义 | inasmuch as This phrase is disparaged by several commentators (such as Follett 1966, Evans 1957, Copperud 1960, 1964, 1970, 1980, Flesch 1964) in terms only slightly varied from those of Fowler 1926. Fowler calls it "pompous," and later critics apply such labels as "formal" and "stilted." As Janis 1984 and Evans 1957 point out, since, as, and because are simpler. But if you want a longer expression, there is nothing wrong with inasmuch as; the objections are trifling. • ... though sometimes I have been not a little inclined to quarrel with it, inasmuch as it effectually deprives one of the assistance of the men —Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, 1863 • Dickens was a smash hit at the age of 24. This was not quite an accident, except inasmuch as genius is always a divine accident —John Wain, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 24 June 1979 • ... which is just as well, inasmuch as it is by no means clear that he'd have understood it —William F. Buckley, Jr., National Rev., 25 Aug. 1970 |
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