hence

hence
adverb
  1. as a consequence; for this reason
    因此,所以;由此
    many vehicle journeys (and hence a lot of pollution) would be saved.
    会省却许多坐车旅行(因此也少了许多污染)。
    he was a tiny, slight figure, hence his sobriquet, ‘the Little Wonder’.
    他身材瘦小,“小奇人”的绰号由此得来。
  2. in the future (used after a period of time)
    (用于一段时间之后)…之后,今后…
    two years hence they might say something quite different.
    两年之后他们也许就有不同的说法。
  3. (亦作 from hence)(archaic)from here
    (古)自此,从这儿
    hence, be gone.
    从这儿走吧。
语源
  1. Middle English hennes (in sense 3): from earlier henne (from Old English heonan, of Germanic origin, related to he) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound)
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