thence

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美 [ðens]

adv.  从那里; 然后; 随之

BNC.11733 / COCA.24673

牛津词典

adv.

• 从那里；然后；随之
  from that place; following that
  1. They made their way from Spain to France and thence to England.
     他们从西班牙去了法国，再从那里去了英格兰。
  2. He was promoted to manager, thence to a partnership in the firm.
     他被提升为经理，然后又成了公司的合伙人。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 从那里;由此
  Thencemeans from a particular place, especially when you are giving directions about how to get somewhere.
  1. I ran straight up to Columbia County, then turned East, came down the Harlem Valley and thence home...
     我一直跑到哥伦比亚县，然后向东转，沿着哈勒姆山谷，从那里回到家。
  2. The mosaics were sent to Munich, and thence to Geneva.
     那些马赛克被送到慕尼黑，从那里又送到日内瓦。
• ADV 然后，接着（指状态的变化）
  Thenceis used to say that something changes from one state or condition to another.
  1. ...the conversion of sunlight into heat and thence into electricity.
     将太阳能转化成热能，然后再转化成电能

双语例句

• I returned to the window and fetched it thence.
  我走回窗前把书取来。
• I ran straight up to Columbia County, then turned East, came down the Harlem Valley and thence home
  我一直跑到哥伦比亚县，然后向东转，沿着哈勒姆山谷，从那里回到家。
• And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
  他们就把粮食驮在驴上，离开那里去了。
• She was rich, thence she did not work.
  因为她富有，所以她不工作。
• Thence we played together almost every night and I learned a lot of skill and tact from him.
  此后我们就天天晚上球场见，我从他那学到不少技巧和手法。
• And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
  以撒从那里上别是巴去。
• Flew to Helsinki and thence to moscow.
  飞往赫尔辛基，从那里到莫斯科。
• The mosaics were sent to Munich, and thence to Geneva.
  那些马赛克被送到慕尼黑，从那里又送到日内瓦。
• Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats;
  你到羊群里去，给我拿两只肥山羊羔来，我便照你父亲所爱的，给他作成美味。
• He was taken thence to prison.
  他从那里送进监狱。