鉴于

jiànyú

(1) [in view of; in consideration of; in connection with; seeing that; in reguard to]∶关于; 考虑到

鉴于他在那里任职

(2) [in the light of]∶由于, 按照, 根据

鉴于时事的发展, 他的论点似乎颇能为人接受