whence
英 [wens]
美[w?ns]
- n. 根源
- adv. 從何處
- pron. 何處
- conj. 由此
IELTS低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
whence 從何處，從哪里
when,來(lái)自其原始含義之一，哪里，詞源同where,何處，哪里，-ce,屬格后綴。
英文詞源
- whence (adv., conj.)
- early 13c., whennes, with adverbial genitive -s, from Old English hwanone, related to hw?nne (see when). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. No one ordered him back whence he came.
- 沒(méi)有人命令過(guò)他從哪里來(lái)回哪里去。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They returned whence they had come.
- 他們從哪里來(lái)又回到哪里去了。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
- 姑娘個(gè)個(gè)好, 潑婦何處來(lái)?
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Let him return to the place whence he came.
- 讓他回到他所來(lái)的地方.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
- 他不知道從哪里來(lái),到哪里去.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》