from[强frɔm; 弱frəm]prep.1.■[表示过去、一段时期、距离、动作等的起点;表示思想、行动等的根源、来源或起源]2.■从,自,由;从…开始:to go from London to Paris从伦敦到巴黎to leave from the station从车站离开3.■从…起:from noon to midnight从中午到半夜He has been a sick man from youth.他从年轻时就一直是个病夫。4.■出于;出自(何处);由…而来,从…来,由…出来,由…产生:Flour is made from wheat.面粉是由小麦制成的。to take a comb from the pocket从口袋掏出一把梳子5.■根据,依据;把(某人或某物)作为制造者、发送者、发言者、教师等:From the evidence, he must be guilty.根据此证据,他肯定有罪。a letter from Mary玛丽的来信6.■[表示距离、缺席、排除、分离、排斥、防止、解救、脱离、离开等]7.■距,离,在不近的地方;与…失去联系(常与away连用):two miles from shore离海岸两海里away from danger远离危险8.■离开(整体),脱离统一体(或联盟):to take two from four四减二She was absent from factory for three weeks.她三周没有去工厂上班了。9.■失去…的可能性(或用处);去除,免掉,阻止:to be kept from going不让走10.■摆脱…的占有(或控制):released from jail释放出狱protection from sun防晒11.■[表示差异、区别、比较等]识别,区别开来:to know right from wrong分清是非to tell one from another把东西区别开来12.■(表示理由、原因、动机等)因,因为,由于,出于,由…引起:to tremble from fear怕得发抖to suffer from a cold患感冒
fromfrom[frɔm, frəm, frm]prep.1.■[表示动作发生的起点]从fall from the sky从天上掉下来jump down from a window从窗口跳下2.■[表示时间顺序的起点]从, 自; 从...起from the first of October自10月1日起from now on从今以后3.■[表示变化, 转变]awake from a dream从梦中醒来from bad to worse愈来愈坏, 每况愈下4.■[表示距离, 间隔]away from home不在家, 离开家five years fromnow今后五年How far is it from here?离这里有多远?5.■[表示差异, 区别]differ from others与别的不同know right from wrong辨别是非6.■[表示除去, 解除, 停止, 阻碍, 防止, 制止]take 5 from 8八减去五be expelled from school被学校开除be released from prison从监狱中释放出来cannot refrain from laughing忍不住发笑prevent sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事7.■[表示出处来源, 根源, 根据]a letter from a friend朋友的来信quotations from Shakespeare引用莎士比亚的语句judge from a person's conduct根据某人的行为来判断from what I have heard据我所听到的8.■[表示原因, 动机, 理由]die from cancer死于癌症act from a sense of duty行动出于责任感9.■[表示原料, 材料]Steel is made from iron.钢是由铁炼成的。10.■[用于表示场所的副词或介词前]from above [below]自上[下]from far and near从远近from before the war自从战前from under the table从桌下