英语单词 | hence |
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英美音标 | 英 [hens] 美 [hens] |
中文释义 | adv.因此;从此以后 |
英语例句 | (1) It is very late; hence you must go to bed. (2) It's handmade and hence expensive. (3) I fell off my bike yesterday hence the bruises. (4) The sports meet will be held three days hence. (5) Hence the hen cries whenever it sees a chicken. (6) We have no chance to meet each other a week hence. |
中文例句 | (1) 时间已经很晚了,因此你必须睡觉去。 (2) 这是手工做的, 因此很贵。 (3) 我昨天骑自行车摔倒了--所以青一块、 紫一块的。 (4) 运动会在三天后举行。 (5) 从此每当那只母鸡看见小鸡时就叫。 (6) 我们今后一星期没有见面的机会了。 |
vocabulary简明 | Hence means "for this reason," or "therefore." One Hollywood starlet is a huge fan of tiny dogs, hence the Pomeranian puppy peeking out of her purse. |
vocabulary扩展 | Hence not only means "therefore." It can also mean forward from this time. Nine months hence, a baby that has just been conceived will enter the world kicking and screaming. These days, you're more likely to hear the word hence in a movie set a hundred years ago than in casual conversation because it has a very old-fashioned ring to it. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADV 副词]因此;由此;所以 You use hence to indicate that the statement you are about to make is a consequence of what you have just said. [ADV cl/group] [FORMAL 正式]
2 [ADV 副词](尤指未来的长时间)之后 You use hence in expressions such as 'several years hence' or 'six months hence' to refer to a time in the future, especially a long time in the future. [amount ADV] [FORMAL 正式]
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