1.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：
She was fortunate in that she had friends to help her.
她很幸运，因为有一些朋友帮助她。
In that I can't make today's meeting, Shelly will go as my proxy.
由于我不能参加今天的会议，谢利就代替我去。
The new system is better in that it provides faster access to the Internet.
新系统更好，因为它能更快地接入互联网。
The workshop is an activist project in that it empowers the women and helps them get in touch with their creative potential.
这个讲习班是一个积极的项目，因为它赋予妇女权力，帮助她们接触自己的创造潜力。
This is not a good plant for your garden in that its seeds are poisonous.
这种植物对你的花园不好，因为它的种子有毒。
The car's steering was off in that I could feel a slight wobble even when driving on level, flat pavement.
汽车的转向失灵了，因为即使在平坦的路面上行驶，我也能感觉到轻微的晃动。
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 optimist in that I believe that human beings do not always perversely 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。
2. in that 还可用于表示对主语陈述作解释，说明其在那方面是如此（used after a statement to begin to explain in what way it is true），常见用于表示 “在某方面与 …… 相同或不同”
（主句中含表示“相同”或“不同”词语）。
例句：
People resemble other animals in that they live off of organic nature.
人类和其他动物一样，都是依赖有机自然生存的。
Propene resembles other alkenes in that it undergoes addition reactions relatively easily at room temperature.
丙烯与其他烯烃相似之处在于它在室温下相对容易发生加成反应。
But it resembles countless other American tragedies in that the easy availability of guns made it deadlier than it might have been.
但它与美国其他胜不可数的悲剧相似之处在于：轻易获取枪支使得犯罪行为更为致命。
The new system is similar to the old one in that there is still a strong distribution center.
新系统与旧系统相似，仍然有一个强大的配送中心。
Mentors differ from executive coaches in that they need to have an overall appreciation of the job of the person that they are mentoring.
导师不同于管理培训人，他们需要对他所指导的人的工作有个总体的评定。
Marx, in fact, remarks that man differs from animals in that he produces his own means of subsistence.
事实上，马克思曾说过，人与动物的区别在于人能生产自己的生存的手段。
Although sound also travels in waves, it differs from light in that it cannot travel through a vacuum.
虽然声音也以波的形式传播，但它与光的不同之处在于它不能在真空中传播。