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whencen.(名词 noun)- 来源,出处,根源
We know neither our whence nor our whither. 我们不知自己从何处来亦不知自己往何处去. adv.(副词 adverb)- (疑问副词)从何处
- 为什么,为何
Whence comes it that...? 何以会…? - (用作疑问代名词)何处
From whence is he? 他是哪里人? - (关系副词)…的那里
the source whence (=from which) these evils spring 滋生这些罪恶的渊源. - 到原来地方
Return whence you come. 回到你来的地方去. - (非限定用法)从那里,因此(= and thence)
There was no reply, whence I inferred that they had gone. 没有听到回答声,因此我以为他们已经离开了. - (用作关系代名词,作介系词的宾语)…的那里
the source from whence it springs 发生这个的根源.
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