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whence

/wens, hwens/US // wɛns, ʰwɛns //UK // (wɛns) archaic, or formal //

从何而来,何以,何来,何处

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : from what place?: Whence comest thou?
    • : from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom?
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came.

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Examples

  • And where was this magical land of Khorasan, whence the conquerors would come?

  • Then the man got dressed, got back on his bicycle and rode off from whence he came.

  • It is no longer exclusively the domain of “the ghetto” from whence it came.

  • Egyptians leave the country to seek work elsewhere, whence they can send remittances home.

  • So, like a good troll, please go back under the bridge from whence you came.

  • The Colonel and his two friends rode back towards the south, from whence they came.

  • O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?

  • These are obtained easily, whence follow the sinister reports that they give your Majesty, to the harm of the public welfare.

  • Once he suddenly found himself in the road driving a small flock of goats, whose he knew not, nor whence he got them.

  • Several sentinels drew around the vehicle, with demands whence it came, and what was the object of the persons it contained.