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- indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts
［表示空间的起始点］从…起
she began to walk away from him.
她开始从他身旁走开。
I leapt from my bed.
我从床上跳下来。
he was turning the Chamberlain government away from appeasement.
他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。
■indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference
［表示距离］离
the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint.
伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。 - indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts
［表示时间的起始点］始于
the show will run from 10 am to 2 pm.
演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。 - indicating the source or provenance of someone or something
［表示来源］来自，从…来
I'm from Hackney.
我来自哈克尼。
she rang him from the hotel.
她从酒店给他打电话。
she demanded the keys from her husband.
她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。
■indicating the date at which something was created
［表示某物产生的日期］始于
a document dating from the thirteenth century.
上溯到13世纪的文献。 - indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale
［表示某具体范围的起始点］从
men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four.
从17岁到84岁的男人。
■indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations
［表示概念变化范围的一端］从
anything from geography to literature.
从地理到文学的任何一门学问。 - indicating the point at which an observer is placed
［表示观察方位］从
you can see the island from here.
从这里你可以看见那个岛。
the ability to see things from another's point of view.
从别人的观点观察事物的能力。 - indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured
［表示原料］由
a varnish made from copal.
由珂巴脂制成的清漆。 - indicating separation or removal
［表示离开、脱离］离
the party was ousted from power after sixteen years.
16年后这个党被赶下了台。 - indicating prevention
［表示防止］防
the story of how he was saved from death.
关于他如何被救活的故事。 - indicating a cause
［表示原因］因为，由于
a child suffering from asthma.
一个患哮喘的儿童。 - indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgement
［表示信息的来源或判断的基础］从
information obtained from papers, books, and presentations.
从文件、书本和演示会中获取的信息。 - indicating a distinction
［表示区别］与…不同
the courts view him in a different light from that of a manual worker.
法院不把他看成体力劳动者。
as from
- 见 as
- daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass
每天（或每小时等）；一天一天地（或一小时一小时地等）
- now (or then etc.) and in the future
从现在（或那时等）起
they were friends from that day on.
从那天起他们成了朋友。
- occasionally
有时；偶尔
- Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro)
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