whence如何读

英:[wens]

美:[hwɛns, wɛns]

whence是什么意思

  • adv.出于什么原因;从哪里
  • conj.哪里;何处;据此

whence英英释义

adverb

from what place, source, or cause

then whence comes this paradox—Changing Times

conjunction

from what place, source, or cause

inquired whence the water came—Maria Edgeworth

from or out of which place, source, or cause

the lawless society whence the ballads sprang—DeLancey Ferguson

by reason of which fact

nothing broke—whence I infer that my bones are not yet chalky—O. W. Holmes †1935

whence词源中文解释

13世纪初,带有副词性属格 -s 的 whennes,源自古英语 hwanone,与 hwænne 相关(参见 when)。拼写为 -ce(1520年代)反映了无声发音。

whence词源英文解释

Adverb Middle English whennes, from whenne whence (from Old English hwanon) + -s, adverb suffix, from -s, genitive singular ending; akin to Old High German hwanān whence, Old English hwā who

The first known use of whence was in the 13th century

whence儿童词典英英释义

wherebyconjunction

by, through, or in agreement with which

whereatconjunction

at or toward which

as a result of which

whereasconjunction

in view of the fact that : since

while just the opposite

water puts out fire, whereas gasoline feeds it

whereabouts1 of 2adverb

about where

whereabouts is the house

whereabouts2 of 2plural or singular noun

the place where a person or thing is

do you know their whereabouts

where1 of 3adverb

at, in, or to what place

where are we going

at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, or circumstances

where will this course of action lead

where2 of 3conjunction

at, in, or to what place

knows where the house is

at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, or circumstances

see where that behavior leads

wherever entry 2 sense 1

sit where you please

at, in, or to which place

the town where we live

at, in, or to the place at, in, or to which

stay where you are

in a situation or circumstances in which

no good where careful work is needed

where3 of 3noun

what place, source, or cause

where are you from

whensoeverconjunction

whenever

whenever1 of 2conjunction

at any or every time that

stop whenever you wish

whenever2 of 2adverb

at whatever time

come tomorrow or whenever

whence1 of 2adverb

from what place, source, or cause

whence come all these doubts

whence2 of 2conjunction

from or out of which place, source, or cause

the land whence they came

whence 例句

1 Beijing, whence the land of splendor and magtificence?

北京这片山川形胜地是如何形成的?

2 Our culture is accepting of this to a point, depending on from whence those immigrants came and when they got here.

3 He has fallen from grace but he was lifted to that place from whence he fell by a great many hands, including his own.

4 The overwhelming feeling among the council members was that these remains should be “repatriated” back at bedrock at ground zero from whence they came.

5 “Europeras” — which suggests the phrase “your operas” — amounted to a rejection of European art, returning it whence it came.

6 Pinocchio, greatly frightened, looked about him to see whence the words had come, but he saw no one.

皮诺乔吓得四下里望望,想知道这句话是从哪来的,可是他一个人也没看见。

7 The intangible has to be reversed back into tangibility; every fibre of subjective perception has to be painstakingly returned to the objective fact from whence it came.

8 And as I recall his surliness at the height of the George W. Bush years, from whence that 20-years-ago photo he showed was exhumed, I’m not sure he’s changed all that much.

9 As it was, the point just cut the cloth of his coat, making a wide gap whence a bundle of bank-notes and a stream of gold fell out.

10 The venue had two stages and the spaces in front of both were packed with people from Seattle and not, the non-Seattleites feeling warm vibes and comraderie but probably not knowing from whence it came.

11 All can be viewed as entertaining extensions of the comic books and superhero movies from whence they came and nothing more.

12 No. If the answers were anywhere, they were in the south and east of the continent of Namaa, on the far side of the Elmuthaleth, whence no one had ever returned.

13 He entertains the guests, “through use of Wit and various Jibes, glad that I had, after my many Travails, arrived at a station in Life from whence I could impart such Merriment to All & Sundry.”

14 We hadn’t yet entered the national forest — our final destination — but it was clear we had arrived somewhere else, somewhere vastly different from whence we came.

15 By now he was quite aware as to whence this powerful uprising had sprung.

现在他很清楚,这种强有力的骚动是从哪里来的.

16 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

因为再过几年,我必走那往而不返之路。

17 Some, when they take revenge , are desirous, the party should know , whence it cometh.

有人复仇时想要仇敌知晓这复仇来自何方.

18 Durkee knows whence he speaks: It’s been nearly 20 years since his own acclaimed debut.

19 It wasn't their feisty sound from whence Seattle's grunge scene sprung, though, but from a fellow Boston band that opened shows for them.

20 Whence came this traveler?

这个旅行者从哪儿来?

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