| 释义 |
whence /hwens/ ad. | conj. | n. | pron.〈书〉
I ad.
1. [疑问副词]从何处，从哪里；出于什么原因
No one knows whence she comes. 无人知道她从何处来。
Whence comes all this uproar? 何来这等喧嚣?
Whence comes it that...? 何以会…?
2. [关系副词]从那里，从那个；由此
the source whence these evils spring 滋生这些罪恶的渊源
3. 到原来地方
Go back whence you came. 回到你来的地方去。
II conj.
据此；由此
whence I conclude that... 据此我得出结论：…
He has reddish hair, whence comes his nickname “Carrots”. 他因长了一头红发而得了个“胡萝卜”的浑名。
III n.
来源，出处
know neither one's whence nor one's whither 不知自己从何处来亦不知自己往何处去
IV pron.
何处；该处(用于 from whence)
ask from whence these lines come 询问这些诗句出于何处
They returned to the land from whence they came. 他们回到了当年离别的故土。
◇注解有人认为将 whence 作代词，前面冠以介词 from 的用法并不是好的英语，理由是 whence 本身已包含“从…”的意义，from 实际上是冗词 [<旧词 whannes < OE hwanon; 与 OHG hwanan whence, OE hwā who 有关] |