喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a finger pointing away from where you are standing: from here, outward. In modern English that 'from here' is almost always about reasoning — from this fact, therefore that. The old use pointing forward in time survives only in a fixed pattern.

可以想成：一根手指從你站的地方往外指——「從這裡出發」。在現代英文裡，這個「從這裡」幾乎都是講推理：從這個事實出發，…更多收起可以想成：一根手指從你站的地方往外指——「從這裡出發」。在現代英文裡，這個「從這裡」幾乎都是講推理：從這個事實出發，所以得到那個結論。至於指向未來時間的老用法，現在只留在一個固定句型裡。

From the picture

從現在算起

同樣是「從這裡出發」，但這裡的「這裡」指的是現在這個時間點，往未來數過去。

from now on · r · C1

From now; after the amount of time just mentioned (used right after a period of time).

之後；從現在起

Also in this word

for this reason · r · C1

For this reason; as a result of what has just been said.

因此；所以

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Hencename

  • 1

    rareA male given name.

henceadv/ˈhɛns/

  • 1

    archaicFrom here, from this place, away.

    • I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
    • Get thee hence, Satan!
  • 2

    archaicFrom the living or from this world.

    • After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
  • 3

    In the future from now.

    • A year hence it will be forgotten.
    • […]And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.
  • 4

    As a result; therefore, for this reason.

    • I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
    • The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.

henceintj/ˈhɛns/

  • 1

    obsoleteGo away! Begone!

    • Zuc[cone]. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]
    • Mira[nda]. Beſeech you Father. Proſ[pero]. Hence: hang not on my garments.

henceverb/ˈhɛns/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo utter "hence!" to; to send away.

  • 2

    datedTo depart; to go away.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。