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whence[hwens]<书>adv. 1 [疑问副词]从何处;出于什么原因:He inquired whence the sound came.他问声音从哪里来的.Whence comes it that ...?怎么会…?Whence (come) the differences?分歧从何而来? 2 [关系副词]从那里,从那个;由此 3 [连接副词]到原来地方:Return whence you came.从哪里来,就回到哪里去. pron. 1 [疑问代词]何处:From whence is it?这是从哪里来的? 2 [关系代词]那里:the source from whence it springs这事发生的根源 n.来源,出处:know neither one's whence nor one's whither不知从何处来也不知往何处去 |