whence

詳細解釋：

whence

adv.（副詞）
From where; from what place:
從何處；從哪裡：
例句：
Whence came this travelerô
這個旅行者從哪兒來ô

From what origin or source:
出於什麼原因或來源：
例句：
Whence comes this splendid feastô
何以舉辦如此豪華的宴會ô

conj.（連線詞）
Out of which place; from or out of which.
從那個地方；從那裡
By reason of which; from which:
據此，由此：
例句：
The dog was coal black from nose to tail, whence the name Shadow.
這隻狗從鼻尖到尾巴都象炭一般黑，據此就有了.黑影.這個名字

來源：
Middle English whennes
中古英文 whennes
whenne [whence] from Old English hwanon * see k wo-
whenne [從何處] 源自 古英文 hwanon *參見 k wo-
-es [genitive sing. suff.] * see -s 3
-es [屬格單數後綴] *參見 -s3

The constructionfrom whence has been criticized as redundant since the 8th century. It is true thatwhence incorporates the sense of from :
詞組from whence 自8世紀以來便一直被批評為重複且與語義無增的詞。 確實whence 這個詞含有 from 之意：
例句：
a remote village, whence little news reached the wider world.
遙遠偏僻的村莊，幾乎沒有訊息可傳到更廣闊的世界。

Butfrom whence has been used steadily by reputable writers since the 4th century, most notably in the King James Bible:
但自4世紀以來from whence 一詞一直被一些很有聲望的作家所使用， 在詹姆士王的《聖經》中最為著名：
例句：
.I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (Psalms).
.我將抬起雙眼望向群山，從那裡我的救助將會到來. （讚美詩）。

It is difficult to label as incorrect a construction with such respectable antecedents.Still, it may be observed thatwhence (like thence ) is most often used nowadays to impart an archaic or highly formal tone to a passage, and that this effect is probably better realized if the archaic syntax of the word—withoutfrom —is preserved as well.
由於這樣一些值得尊敬的先人，故而將其歸類為一個不正確的結構就比較困難。不過，仍然可以注意到whence （如同 thence )在今天最常用來給一段文章賦予一種古體的或極其正式的語調， 並可以注意到如果該調整的古式構詞方式（即不帶有from 這個詞）亦同樣保留的話，該古體且高度正式的語調的效果則能更好地體現出來