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in that 作为连词的用法

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   in that是一种固定搭配,其意为“因为”,与for the reason that, because 同义,可用于引导原因状语从句。如:

  I'm in a slightly awkward position in that he's not arriving until the 10th. 我的处境有点尴尬,因为他要到10号才来。
  Most of them are not in reality engineers, in that the work they do is mostly clerical. 他们中的大多数人实际上都不是工程师,因为他们做的主要是办公室工作。
  I am an optimist1 in that I believe that human beings do not always perversely2 try to make life worse for themselves. 我是乐天派的人,因为我认为人类并非总是违反常情地力图使自己的生活变差。

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1 optimist g4Kzu     
n.乐观的人,乐观主义者
参考例句:
  • We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者,又是现实主义者。
  • Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说,事情必定是会好转的。
2 perversely 8be945d3748a381de483d070ad2ad78a     
adv. 倔强地
参考例句:
  • Intelligence in the mode of passion is always perversely. 受激情属性控制的智力,总是逆着活动的正确方向行事。
  • She continue, perversely, to wear shoes that damaged her feet. 她偏偏穿那双挤脚的鞋。