whence

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

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

whence (adv., conj.)

early 13c., whennes, with adverbial genitive -s, from Old English hwanone, related to hwænne (see when). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation.

1. No one ordered him back whence he came.

沒有人命令過他從哪裏來回哪裏去。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They returned whence they had come.

他們從哪裏來又回到哪裏去了。

來自《權威詞典》

3. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?

姑娘個個好, 潑婦何處來?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Let him return to the place whence he came.

讓他回到他所來的地方.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.

他不知道從哪裏來,到哪裏去.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》