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whence adv.出于什么原因；从哪里conj.哪里；何处；据此 (1) 他问声音从哪里来的。(2) 他问声音从哪里来的。 Not many people use the word whence these days — you're most likely to hear it in a Shakespeare play or if a speaker is trying to sound especially formal. Many people say, "from whence," as in "Throw that fish back in the sea from whence it came," although strictly speaking the "from" is unnecessary. Instead, a dinner party guest could ask, "Whence came this delicious fish?"

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英 [wens] 美 [wens] (1) He inquired whence the sound came.(2) He inquired whence the sound came. Use the adverb whence as an old-fashioned way to say "from which" or "from where." If you found a hundred dollar bill on the ground, you might ask, "Whence did this money come?" 1[QUEST 疑问词]从何处；来自何方 Whence means from where.   [LITERARY or OLD-FASHIONED 文或过时]No one ordered him back whence he came.没有人命令过他从哪里来回哪里去。

英语单词	whence
英美音标	英 [wens] 美 [wens]
中文释义	adv.出于什么原因；从哪里 conj.哪里；何处；据此
英语例句	(1) He inquired whence the sound came. (2) He inquired whence the sound came.
中文例句	(1) 他问声音从哪里来的。 (2) 他问声音从哪里来的。
vocabulary简明	Use the adverb whence as an old-fashioned way to say "from which" or "from where." If you found a hundred dollar bill on the ground, you might ask, "Whence did this money come?"
vocabulary扩展	Not many people use the word whence these days — you're most likely to hear it in a Shakespeare play or if a speaker is trying to sound especially formal. Many people say, "from whence," as in "Throw that fish back in the sea from whence it came," although strictly speaking the "from" is unnecessary. Instead, a dinner party guest could ask, "Whence came this delicious fish?"
柯林斯解释	1 [QUEST 疑问词]从何处；来自何方 Whence means from where. [LITERARY or OLD-FASHIONED 文或过时] No one ordered him back whence he came. 没有人命令过他从哪里来回哪里去。

Sound Inquired 他问声音从哪里来的 Old Fashioned People Back 英 Wens] 美