whence

• n. 根源
• adv. 从何处
• pron. 何处
• conj. 由此

when,来自其原始含义之一，哪里，词源同where,何处，哪里，-ce,属格后缀。

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.

没有人命令过他从哪里来回哪里去。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They returned whence they had come.

他们从哪里来又回到哪里去了。

来自《权威词典》

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

姑娘个个好, 泼妇何处来?

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

让他回到他所来的地方.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.

他不知道从哪里来,到哪里去.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》