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Henceforth means from this moment forward: starting now, and then for all the time after. You meet it in law, notices, and rather grand speech: Henceforth, this building will be closed on Mondays. In ordinary talk almost everyone says from now on, and that sounds more natural. Though actually, even in writing, henceforth can feel a little stiff, as if someone is laying down a rule. It is only about time, not about reason. The shorter word hence can mean for this reason, but henceforth never means therefore. It is an adverb. You do not use it about the past.
從此以後、今後(偏書面、規定口吻;口語多說 from now on)
組成From Middle English hennes forth, from a reshaping of Old English heonan forþ. By how the modern word looks: hence (from here / from this) + forth (forward).
同家族的字
- hencethe first half; henceforth keeps only the ‘from this’ time sense, not hence as ‘therefore’
- forththe second half: forward
- henceforwarda close twin, built the same way, with the same meaning
原始詞典資料2 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。
henceforthadv/hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/
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formalFrom now on; from this time on.
- I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!
- My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named
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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。