| 单词 | from |
| 释义 | from 1. — used as a function word to indicate a starting point: as (1) a point or place where an actual physical movement (as of departure, withdrawal, or dropping) has its beginning < he set out from town this morning > < held the funeral from the funeral parlor — R.O.Bowen > < shrinking from his touch > < a fall from a horse > < the first pigeon race … ever held from this city — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > < he comes from beyond the sea > < came out from under the table > < five tanks were shot from under him — Current Biography > (2) something that is taken as a starting point in measuring or reckoning or in a statement of limits < it is 20 miles from here to the nearest town > < three years from that day > < ready to go home within a fortnight from the operation — Lancet > < from five to ten years are needed for the project > < from childhood he displayed great ability > < frames and trays range from $1 — New York Herald Tribune > (3) the starting or focal point of any activity or movement < will fight you from our beaches and from our ruined homes > < looked at me from under her glasses > < from one point of view you are right > < I speak from the heart > < shot straight from the hip > often used with words that express the condition of being suspended or pendent < ornaments hanging from a Christmas tree > 2. — used as a function word to indicate (1) the fact or condition of spatial or physical absence, separation, remoteness, or disjunction < an ocean separates America from Europe > < the wind was from them > < a dunlin, disturbed from its young, creeps along the ground — E.A.Armstrong > — often used, chiefly British, in the phrase from home < seemed to discover a home from home in our house — Adrian Bell > < he had been from home … during most of the period mentioned — F.W.Crofts > — also in obs. usage to indicate qualitative remoteness or unlikeness; (2) the act, fact, or condition of removal, withdrawal, abstention, separation, dissent, discrimination, qualification, or differentiation of any kind < the most extensive file … lacks only five numbers from being complete — B.A.Botkin & A.F.Harlow > < asked him to refrain from interrupting > < exclude a man from membership > < he differs from his brother in every particular > < purging its abuses from the faith > < put his wife from him > < set men free from superstition > (3) change or transition from one state or condition to another or replacement of one thing by another < from the defense they sprang to the attack > < things go from bad to worse > < transformed from wretched serfs into proud freemen > < turned from their books to the grim business of war > 3. — used as a function word to indicate the source or original or moving force of something: as (1) the source, cause, means, or ultimate agent of an action or condition < all his misfortunes spring from that piece of folly > < you will hear from my lawyer > < he holds his appointment from the trustees > < smoking a cigarette from one hand and sipping chocolate ice-cream soda … from the other — Frances Perkins > < emissaries from a barbarian king > < these lakes … are, from their low temperature, entirely destitute of fish — Encyc. Americana > < tea time when visits from her family usually occurred — Osbert Lancaster > (2) the ground, reason, or basis (as of a judgment, belief, finding, or action) < its composition appears to be uncertain from the physical facts — W.E.Swinton > < cannot generalize from the state of the weather in Great Britain and Ireland — Geoffrey Jefferson > < negotiations from strength > (3) descent, ancestry, or birth < descended from a long line of kings > < two colts from the same dam > (4) the place of origin, source, or derivation of a material or immaterial thing < all creation is from conflict — W.B.Yeats > < assigned two chapters from the text > < took a dime from his pocket > (5) the model or original (as of a work of art) < painting done directly from nature > < the church was built from his plans > also used to indicate a person or thing that another is named for < the name was soon changed to Jamaica, from the Jameco Indians, the aboriginal settlers — American Guide Series: New York City > (6) the fact or condition of being suspended or pendent < wear it from the principal masthead when the yacht is in commission — Peter Heaton > (7) selection out of a number of individuals < chosen from a large number of competitors > (8) the fact or condition of being native to or a resident of < people from Ohio are often call Buckeyes > • - from … to … |
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