In a sense this is inescapable: meaning exists only insofar as it means to someone, and literary works are written in order to evoke sets of responses in the reader.

从某种意义上说，这是不可避免的：意义只存在于对某人有意义的地方，而文学作品是为了唤起读者的反应而写的。

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This principle is important in magnetic prospecting only insofar as it forms the basis.

这种原理就其构成基础而言，在磁法勘探中也是重要的。

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The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful.

个人的生命，只有帮助所有生命体变得更加高贵和美丽，才有意义。

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So gods have power only insofar as they are connected with that primordial world "stuff," a technical term that I use throughout this lecture! That means that magic is possible in such a system.

因此，众神只有在和这个原始世界的“物质“,有联系时，才会有神力，整堂课上我都会用到,“物质“这个词，这就意味着奇幻的事有可能发生。

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Now we realize that it matters only insofar as people consume and produce .

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No doubt money managers exposed to Treasuries would suffer, but only insofar as they are not diversified.

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But technological advance will radically increase productivity reducing demand for labor only insofar as it also radically reduces the prices of what we buy.

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