thence

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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。
• Cruz went to Princeton and thence to Harvard Law School.
  克鲁兹曾就读于普林斯顿大学，后来又上了哈佛大学法学院。
• He was taken thence to prison.
  他从那里送进监狱。
• We have set thee at the world's center that thou mayest from thence more easily observe whatever is in the world.
  我们把你置于世界的中心，以便你从这里更容易观察这世上的一切。
• We can fly to London and thence to paris.
  我们可以乘飞机去伦敦，再从那里去巴黎。
• We traveled to my parents'home and thence to my brother's.
  我们先到我父母家，再从那儿去我兄弟家。
• Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
  过了那两天，耶稣离了那地方，往加利利去。
• And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
  以撒从那里上别是巴去。
• Thence the trains eastward run frequently to Chicago and New York.
  那里的火车线路很多，四通八达，往来频繁，可以到芝加哥和纽约。
• And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
  从那里又开船，因为风不顺，就贴着塞浦路斯背风岸行去。