thence

英 [ðens]

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

• 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。
• We travelled to my parents'home and thence to my sister's.
  我们旅行到了我父母家，又从那里去了我妹妹家。
• 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。
• Thence come cessation of ignorance, the cause of suffering, and freedom from the power of karma.
  从此断除了无明和苦难之因，并摆脱了业力。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
  我要在以拦设立我的宝座，从那里除灭君王和首领。这是耶和华说的。
• 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。
• We made our way to the coast and thence by sea to France.
  我们先到海边，再从那里乘船去法国。
• 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。