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whence[hwɛns, wɛ; wens, hw]副词(文语.古)1 (疑问副词) 从何处 (from where)No one knew ~ he had come.没有人知道他从何处来2 (关系副词)a. [限定用法] 由…, 从… (场所) (from which)He went to the place ~ he had come.他到他原先来的那个地方b. [非限定用法; 通常前面加逗点] (然后) 从那里, 由此 (from which)There was once a castle of the Roman army here, ~ (came) the name of Lancaster.这里从前有罗马军的城堡, 从此有了兰卡斯特这个名称c. [带先行词的关系副词用法] 来处, 根源, 原因They returned ~ they had come.他们回到他们来的那地方 |