whence

whencewhenceD.J.:[hwens]K.K.:[hwɛns, wɛns]adv.1.■从何处, 从那里

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whence[hwens]adv.1.■[疑问副词]从何处2.■出于什么原因，从何而3.■到原来的地方conj.1.■到原来的地方：Return whence you come.回到你原来的地方。2.■根据什么事实；根源，根由：There was no reply, whence he inferred that all had gone.他没听到回答声，因此他以为大家都己离开了。n.1.■来源，出处pron.1.■何处，该处

whencewhence[(h)wens]adv.[书面语]1.■[疑问副词]从何处; 出于什么原因2.■[关系副词]从哪里, 由此3.■[连接副词]到...的地方Whence did you come?你从哪 儿来?Let him return to the place whence he came.让他回到他所来的地方。No one knows whence she came.谁也不知道她从何处来。

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词性变化whence[(h)wens]pron.1.■[疑问代词]何处2.■[关系代词]那里the source from whence it springs这事发生的根源From whence is he?他是哪 里人?whence[(h)wens]n.1.■来处, 根源He knows neither his whence nor his whither.他不知道从哪里来, 到哪里去。