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whence when

whence

[英] [hwens, wens] [美] [hwɛns, wɛns] 生词本

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1. QUEST 从何处;来自何方 Whence means from where. 
  • No one ordered him back whence he came.

    没有人命令过他从哪里来回哪里去。

Adverb

1. from what place or origin or source;

  • "whence did he come?"
  • "whence comes this splendid feast?"
  • "sketches the lawless society whence the ballads sprang"-DeLancey Ferguson
1. All are good lasses,but whence come the bad wives?
姑娘个个好,泼妇何处来?

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2. From whence is he?
他是哪里人?

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3. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
他不知道从哪里来,到哪里去。

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4. Let him return to the place whence he came.
让他回到他所来的地方。

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5. No one knows whence she came.
谁也不知道她从何处来。

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6. Whence did you come?
你从哪儿来?

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