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。
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。
(亦作 from hence)(archaic)from here (古)自此,从这儿 hence, be gone. 从这儿走吧。
语源
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)