1. 因此;由此;所以 You use hence to indicate that the statement you are about to make is a consequence of what you have just said.
e.g. The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 1990. Hence a new set of policy actions will be required soon... 貿易失衡可能會(huì )在1990年再次加劇。因此需要很快采取一系列新的政策行動(dòng)。 e.g. Whatever is hidden is harmful (hence revelation equals security)... 任何隱藏的東西都是有害的(所以披露就等于安全)。
2. (尤指未來(lái)的長(cháng)時(shí)間)之后 You use hence in expressions such as 'several years hence' or 'six months hence' to refer to a time in the future, especially a long time in the future.
hence的意思
e.g. The gases that may be warming the planet will have their main effect many years hence. 可能正導致地球變暖的那些氣體,其主要影響將在多年后顯現。 e.g. ...the much larger peacekeeping force that is meant to be fully deployed five months hence. 計劃5個(gè)月后部署完畢的更大規模的維和部隊
hence英英釋義
hence
adv
1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
e.g. 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