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whence

UK //wens//US //wens//

词源

源自古英语 'hwanon',意为“从何处”,与德语 'woher' 同源。

adverb

❶ 表示“从何处”或“由此”,用于询问或指代来源或起点,通常出现在正式或文学语境中。

“He returned to the land whence he came.”

(他回到了他来的那片土地。)

“Whence did you receive this information?”

(你是从哪里得到这个消息的?)

同义词:from where, from which, wherefrom

常见短语

from whence — 表示“从何处”或“由此”,用于强调来源或起点,常见于正式或文学表达。

“He returned to the village from whence he had fled.”

(他回到了他曾经逃离的那个村庄。)