whence

whence

英 [wens]
　　美 [wɛns]

n. 根源
　　adv. 從何處
　　pron. 何處
　　conj. 由此

中文詞源：

whence 從何處，從哪裡

when,來自其原始含義之一，哪裡，詞源同where,何處，哪裡，-ce,屬格後綴。

例句：

1. No one ordered him back whence he came.
沒有人命令過他從哪裡來回哪裡去。

2. They returned whence they had come.
他們從哪裡來又回到哪裡去瞭。

3. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
姑娘個個好, 潑婦何處來?

4. Let him return to the place whence he came.
讓他回到他所來的地方.

5. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
他不知道從哪裡來,到哪裡去.