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thence 音標拼音: [ð'ɛns] ad. 因此;從那里;從那時 因此;從那裏;從那時 thence adv 1: from that place or from there; " proceeded thence directly to college"; " flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; " roads that lead therefrom" [ synonym: { thence}, { therefrom}] 2: from that circumstance or source; " atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W. V. Quine; " a natural conclusion follows thence"; " public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; " typhus fever results therefrom" [ synonym: { thence}, { therefrom}, { thereof}] 3: ( used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; " therefore X must be true"; " the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; " we were young and thence optimistic"; " it is late and thus we must go"; " the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [ synonym: { therefore}, { hence}, { thence}, { thus}, { so}] Thence \ Thence\, adv. [ OE. thenne, thanne, and ( with the adverbal - s; see {- wards}) thennes, thannes ( hence thens, now written thence), AS. [ eth] anon, [ eth] anan, [ eth] onan; akin to OHG. dannana, dann[= a] n, dan[= a] n, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See { That}.] 1. From that place. " Bid him thence go." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. -- Mark vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster] Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. { Hence}, { Whence}. [ 1913 Webster] Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. -- Gen. xxvii. 45. [ 1913 Webster] 2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster] There shall be no more thence an infant of days. -- Isa. lxv. 20. [ 1913 Webster] 3. For that reason; therefore. [ 1913 Webster] Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [ Poetic] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for " thence": accordingly, away, because of that, because of this, consequently, ergo, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason, forth, from here in, from now on, from then on, from this point, hence, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hereafter, hereat, hereinafter, off, on that account, on that ground, on this account, out, propter hoc, then, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thereafter, thereat, therefor, therefore, therefrom, thereof, thus, thusly, thuswise, whence, wherefore, wherefrom |
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