whence
whence
(亦作from whence)
(formal or Archaic)(正式，古)
interrogative adverb
(亦作from whence)
(formal or Archaic)(正式，古)
interrogative adverb
- from what place or source
从何处；从哪儿
whence does Parliament derive this power?.
国会是从何处获得这一权力？。
- from which; from where
从那个，从那里
the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured.
乌拉尔山脉，那里是出产这种矿石的地方。
■to the place from which
到原来的地方
he will be sent back whence he came.
他从哪里来的，就会被送回到哪里去。
■as a consequence of which
由此，据此
whence it followed that the strategies were obsolete.
由此得出这样的结论：这些策略已过时了。
- Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound)
- Strictly speaking, whence means ‘from what place’, as in whence did you come? Thus, the preposition from in from whence did you come? is redundant and its use is considered incorrect by some. The use with from is very common, though (occurring in more than 20 per cent of citations for whence in the British National Corpus), and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English
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