Definition of from in English:

from

preposition frɒmfrəmfrəm

1Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts.
表示空间的起始点从…起
she began to walk away from him
她开始从他身旁走开。
I leapt from my bed
我从床上跳了下来。
figurative he was turning the Chamberlain government away from appeasement
〈喻〉他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。
Example sentencesExamples
- Amazingly, it took only five months for the Altea to make the journey from prototype to showroom.
- It's only one of many benefits to sharing the driving on your regular journey to and from work.
- We used to stop there at least four times a year in my childhood on the journeys to and from each grandmother.
- It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester.
- The local rivals make the short journey across the border from Lancashire today.
- Not that you're bothered, but my journey to and from work is a two bus affair.
- My Saturday evening journey from Kings Cross to York took no less than six hours!
- The Russian Soyuz is now the only ship capable of carrying crew to and from the space outpost.
- Regular buses from Saranda make the journey, or you can haggle a price with a taxi driver.
- Car journeys to and from the site would also be increased if the expansion was given the go-ahead.
- My observation is that only a small number of cars move from their spaces during the working day.
- It took the Councillor two hours to make the journey from Bury to Ramsbottom.
- The problems all occurred on the last leg of the journey from London Paddington back to Didcot.
- It would not be possible for the Met not to be changed by the journey from Lawrence.
- It's a five hour journey from Chichester, with train changes at Reading and Crewe.
- Bear in mind there's a lengthy one hour plus taxi journey from the airport into town.
- The main journey I make is from Woodthorpe to Rawcliffe, where my girlfriend lives.
- Journeys to and from one of the hospitals will have to be made on the second and third journey of the ticket.
- She got a bad feeling in her stomach as she slowly got up from her bed and walked back to the stairs.
- The final treat of the day was when our driver rose from the table and motioned for me to join him.
1. 1.1 Indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference.
  表示距离离
  the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint
  伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This leaves her with a loss of feeling in her limbs and means she has to use the car to travel any distance from her home.
  We often go to Hohai lake, which is walking distance from here and part of the old imperial grounds.
  The word sin was originally an archery term, being a unit of distance from the bull's eye.
  The car would need to travel only a short distance from the car park to pick up a fare.
  More than ever it's a question we must face, standing at a distance from the photocopier.
  It is five miles from St Andrews and a similar distance from a variety of beaches and scenic towns.
  I then measured an equal distance from both sides and marked the area to be cut out.
  Who measured the distance from Earth to Mars and did they have to make sure the tape measure was rigid?
  Scores shall be determined according to the distance of the arrows from the flag stick.
  He said they were now staying a short distance from their home in a flat on the Down's Road.
  The car was seen by police a couple of hours later only a short distance from Mr Graiezevsky's road.
  Other sanctuaries of Demeter in Greece were located at some distance from town centres.
  A site on Infirmary Road was rejected because of its distance from the city centre.
  It is a tool which can be used to design the network with the check on distances from three points.
  The length measured, using a ruler, was the distance from the base to the first flower on the stem.
2Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts.
表示空间的起始点从…起
the show will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。
3Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something.
表示来源来自，从…来
I'm from Hackney
我来自哈克尼。
she rang him from the hotel
她从酒店给他打电话。
she demanded the keys from her husband
她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。
Example sentencesExamples
- Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events.
- Money from any fundraising events in the pipeline will go towards extra items and running costs.
- Top performers from all over the area have been brought together for the show.
- I only hope the logs used were from a renewable source, because man, there were a lot of 'em.
- You can go here and see images from his motion work and also some clips, but not many.
- Let's observe our rights to support both teams whatever part of this fine island you are from.
- I must agree with Mr Derbyshire that clean energy from renewable sources is the way forward.
- If they showed pictures of meetings, people would get ideas from other sources.
- Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society.
- This translation from a medieval Anglo-Norman source gives a less cynical view on it.
- He added that another appeal of the furniture was that it was sourced from sustainable forests.
- I am not in a position to indicate what roads will be funded from that source in the year.
- They have to get funding from somewhere, these sources for funds have to be big, and so have to be noticed.
- The event is run under the watchful eye of troops from the Royal Artillery Display Troop.
- Therefore it is better to drink from a known and trusted source, rather than from a suspect bottle.
- The event is organised by volunteers from the library to raise money to spend on community facility.
- The rest of the cash is being met by funds raised through the parish itself and grant money from other sources.
- Their identities have not been released but police sources say they are from Rayleigh.
- It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark.
- In the event of objections from members of the public, the consent would be subject to a public inquiry.
1. 3.1 Indicating the date at which something was created.
  表示某物产生的日期始于
  a document dating from the thirteenth century
  上溯到13世纪的文献。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The oldest securely dated complete Korans we possess date only from the ninth century.
  An old man with a walnut face and brocade robes rode by, seemingly from the last century.
  Customers are invited to pick up a copy of the brochure from the box office from that date.
  He also tips a wink to counterparts in the brewing trade from centuries ago.
  It survives for us as a small, dark, fascinating vignette from the fourteenth century.
  Many episodes from the late nineteenth century exemplify the crisis of liberalism.
4Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale.
表示某具体范围的起始点从
men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four
从17岁到84岁的男人。
Example sentencesExamples
- The timescales allowed to complete the recommendations ranges from two to five years.
- Reviews were mixed, ranging from two stars in the Guardian to four in the film magazine Empire.
- The types of incidents the team deal with ranges from high to low level cases.
- Up to ten children at a time would be housed overnight, with ages ranging from six weeks to five years.
- If we have a scale from one to ten, what are we going to do if we meet someone who is a twelve?
- Injuries range from serious lacerations to major fractures and head and spinal injuries.
- With prices ranging from a few rupees to a few hundred, the lamps make for a memorable buy.
- Anyone with a few hours to spare can join, and the current volunteers range in age from 18 up.
1. 4.1 Indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations.
  表示概念变化范围的一端从
  anything from geography to literature
  从地理到文学的任何一门学科。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The exhibition features all things foodie from specialist ranges to top booze.
  AgriPower has developed a ‘virtual landfill’ system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires.
  These range from stained glass and masonry through to steam engines and historic aircraft.
  It has developed into a full flute choir incorporating the entire flute range from piccolo to bass.
  If found guilty, they face sanctions ranging from a small fine to being stripped of their posts.
  Five bands wowed the crowds with musical styles ranging from country and western to rock and jazz.
  Each band had a mere ten minutes to show off their talent and music ranged from rock to punk and nu-metal.
  All the tracks are original compositions and the music ranges from folk to acoustic jazz.
  Its severity can range from a minor inconvenience to a fatal rhythm disturbance.
  Activities at the youth group include everything from sporting events to weekends away.
  Attacks ranged from verbal abuse and being spat on to being pelted with stones and shot at with airguns.
  Mourners ranged from the very young to pensioners who had lived their entire lives in the village.
  It is among the largest in the country, ranging from farms to gold mines, gravel pits to forests.
  The ideas range from the highly plausible to the vaguely intriguing to the obviously crackpot.
  It contains a range of 120 ideas from chicken and noodle bake to a simple tuna sandwich.
  Is there a scale running from Not Believable to This Character is Now a Real Person?
  This ranges from casual remarks to serious agitation by the xenophobic right.
  They range from banker masons skilled in the hand carving of stone to experts in materials testing.
  Synonyms
  by, made by, done by, carried out by, caused by, from, in, of
5Indicating the point at which an observer is placed.
表示某物产生的日期始于
you can see the island from here
从这里你可以看见那个岛。
figurative the ability to see things from another's point of view
〈喻〉从别人的观点观察事物的能力。
Example sentencesExamples
- He picked the place so he could observe the convoy from up close with his optic probe.
- Christmas arrived and with it frost and snow on the mainland mountains visible from the island.
- How many people could look at power from such close quarters and not grab it with both hands?
- As this had been dug into limestone, the mound would have been clearly visible from a distance.
- It means not shedding flakes that are visible to other people from a distance of two feet.
- What from a distance looked as if it may be a village turned out to be a huge rubbish dump.
- When you look at pictures of the earth from space the effect is even greater.
- Officers believe that from a distance, the mast would appear to be a lighting column.
- She got so close to her face that from a distance it could have looked like they were smooching.
- On occasions I have waited and watched from a distance to see if anyone comes running to answer it.
- I guess it must take a view from afar to observe what a self serving First Minister is.
- But a menace we have until now seen only from a distance has stepped right up to face us.
- It's amazing to see the island from the waters, all classic hazy blue layers of skyscrapers.
- He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is.
- Newman watched events unfold from his perch in front of the computer screens.
- The launches were observed from both sides and have no writing or identification marks on them.
- The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village.
- I am watching this drama unfold from a distance, but in a weird way I feel so close to it.
- If you were able to see the Great Wall from space, you'd be able to see the bloody motorway system.
- Eyed from a distance, the steaks look spectacular as did the rugged, chunky chips.
6Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured.
表示某物产生的日期始于
a paint made from a natural resin
Example sentencesExamples
- These can be manufactured from arable crops like oil seed rape and sugar beet.
- Here is something more than raw material from which a successful literature was forged.
7Indicating separation or removal.
表示离开、脱离离
the party was ousted from power after sixteen years
16年后这个党被赶下了台。
Example sentencesExamples
- It had been the longest separation from the hills I'd suffered since I broke my ankle.
- Far from devolving decision making to local communities it would take power away from them.
- I think what stands out the most from the two journeys is the attitude of the staff on the trains.
- They were the fabulous people responsible for the removal of the ads from this page!
- He is also sceptical about the removal of minimum-wage workers from the tax net.
- The first offense will result in disqualification of the shooter from the event.
- They were taken from their natural parents and put in foster care, and some were even adopted.
- I shall be absent from this space for the next six weeks, so a happy Christmas to all of you.
- They were showered in debris as the house collapsed and Amanda was separated from her party.
- Second, there has been the removal of proposed housing from the Blackfriars area.
- This was a deeply formative experience, dividing the fate of the island from the mainland.
- This is despite regular spraying and the removal of diseased leaves from bush and ground.
- Imagine if, in December, the Board of Deputies case results in my removal from office.
- It's goal is the removal of individual bias from determining the nature of reality.
- For nearly a decade a group of people exiled from power during the Clinton years had been making plans.
- The unique advantage of democracy is that it can remove such people from power.
- His removal from command of the army he had forged had a calamitous effect on the morale of his men.
- Drivers come steaming up here all the time just to cut a few minutes from their journey.
- What the coup plotters wanted and still want is to take power away from the people.
- That would be a really interesting way to erode power from the nation state.
8Indicating prevention.
表示防止防
the story of how he was saved from death
关于他如何被救活的故事。
Example sentencesExamples
- A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car.
- If we want to keep on sinning after we are saved from the law of sin and death, He will allow us to do so.
- Anything at all that could be deemed useful in arms manufacture has been prohibited from import.
- Only the lack of policy comparison saves the First Minister from the outrage he deserves.
- Three brave police officers risked their lives to save a woman from drowning.
- The injunction prohibits Helm from using the name on his Website or in any commercial context.
- Supplies of serum were needed to save the isolated community from a terrible human tragedy.
- The agents preventing activists from boarding planes were assisted by the airlines.
- The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain.
- As they work back through his memories he desperately tries to save them from being destroyed.
- The campaign and the Trust were acclaimed for helping save City from the threat of extinction.
- In all fairness she is saving the children from a life of poverty and misery.
- He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas.
- It follows Barbara's decision to save a greyhound from being slaughtered in Spain.
- Can she and her ex-husband save themselves and their young son from certain death?
- A woman has thanked the hero who saved her from a fire which destroyed the family home.
- All our people are forbidden from engaging in the activities prohibited by the Act.
- I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end.
- If just one child is saved from death because of such a law then it can only be a good thing.
- What a sad fate for the nation that saved the world from fascism just 60 years ago.
9Indicating a cause.
表示原因因为，由于
a child suffering from asthma
一个患哮喘的儿童。
Example sentencesExamples
- Surgery is an option for the minority of women who get little benefit from medical treatment.
- He has also benefited from being given a more expansive role under the Swede.
- It was nominated by people who have benefited from its work and seen the positive effect on the community.
- All we ask is that the owner provides us with some photographs to show that the tree came down from natural causes.
- Changes in view throughout the film come more from chance events than any deeper process.
- They could even resolve the problems caused by emissions from their processes.
- My vegetables will benefit enormously from this very kind and generous action.
- Those who benefit from positive discrimination gain access, but not those who don't.
- During the late period of slavery attempts were made to prevent infant deaths from tetanus.
- This means 185 of the schools in the county are now benefiting from this technology.
- Many small businesses believe they are the last in line to benefit from competition in telecoms.
- They believe that these children would benefit from being in mainstream education.
- I want you to know that you may benefit from the love that an animal is capable of giving.
- How are you supposed to tell if a neurotic dog feels it has benefited from its treatment?
- Drug addicts would benefit from the tests once they decided to kick the habit.
- Some annuals are slow to germinate and grow and benefit from an early sowing.
- A Bill will be introduced to enable more young people to benefit from higher education.
- The residents may indeed benefit from being under the wing of Croydon Council.
- Meanwhile, the mayor's own tsunami fund is set to benefit from a couple of large donations.
- The high number of deaths from cholera this year has exacerbated the emergency.
10Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgement.
表示信息的来源或判断的基础从
information obtained from papers, books, and presentations
从文件、书本和演讲会中获取的信息。
Example sentencesExamples
- We read that what's on and where can be obtained from the tourist information centre.
- Up to now much of your farming knowledge was gleaned from your parents and teachers.
- Take the knowledge from the history of a thing and apply it to The NOW, to Yourself.
- As far as I could gather from the local paper, all he does is take down, put up and modify speed humps.
- I can say from first hand knowledge that there was not a player in his side that did not hate him.
- Their injuries were so bad that police had to identify them from their fingerprints.
- She was allowed to obtain information from the patient and her medical notes.
- Data on birth characteristics were obtained from the Danish medical birth registry.
- The data obtained from the analysis of polar structure is illustrated in Table XIV.
- You realise what you have got from it and can identify others at earlier or differing stages in the process.
- Can you actually speak from medical experience to use this as a basis of comparison?
- He said he needed more information from carnival organisers before he could quote the cost.
- This information seems to have been obtained from file notes which were not made available to us.
- Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from?
- In one case, a young woman was convicted of neglect on the basis of evidence from a radiographer.
11Indicating a distinction.
表示防止防
these fees are quite distinct from expenses
Example sentencesExamples
- Kant warned that enjoyment of beauty was distinct from other sorts of pleasure.
- Is that not what is what is happening, as distinct from what is being said to happen?
- This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg.
- Its quite different from the Sokal hoax, for lots of reasons, as has been pointed out.
- They are quite strikingly different from the faces one sees in equivalent circles in London.
- Writers often differ quite widely from each other over ethical issues and questions.
- Barley Junction was quite a different station from the one I had left in the Suburbs.
- Here the landscape is quite different from the interior but no less rewarding.
- They were quite different from what she'd seen in the parts of town she frequented.
- Do you have any objection to being named by your name, as distinct from by an initial?
- How far have its actions, as distinct from its example, contributed to that end?
- Indeed, why should there be a history of science distinct from the history of thought and action?
- The whole place has been redecorated and looks quite different from how I remember it.
- So the logical form of the second sentence is quite different from the logical form of the first.
- The position is quite different from that which appertained in the Ireland case.
- We started off quite a bit different from where we had been at the open test.
- Further, this third genus is manifestly different and distinct from the second.
- One day, you could part own quite a different company from the one you invested in many years ago.
- You may end up writing books which are quite different from what you intended to write when you started out.
- It's called the cost of living, and it's quite different from the rate of inflation.

Phrases

from day to day (or hour to hour etc.)

Daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass.
每天（或每小时等）；一天一天地（或一小时一小时地等）
Example sentencesExamples
- I have learned to exist with the pain and panics and live from hour to hour.
- How many shows do we see Gloria commenting on from day to day, actually from hour to hour?
- But one of the problems with this town's that there's very little consistency from day to day, month to month, year to year.
- Normally, property is all about location on presumptuously called The World, the location changes from day to day, and the sea views change by the hour.
- The choice, he said, would change from hour to hour, from minute to minute, so don't consider it definitive.
- His actual policies fluctuate from hour to hour and have the wonderful capacity to be whatever would suit each individual voter best.
- It has been a time of uncertainty about the future living from day to day, week to week unable to plan for anything other than the short term.
- Of course it waxes and wanes literally from hour to hour.
- Those with lupus frequently say they don't know from day to day, sometimes hour to hour, how they will feel or what they will be capable of doing.
- It is loyalty to ‘the cause’, however it is defined and however it changes in principle from day to day, that matters.
Synonyms
precariously, from day to day, not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, uncertainly, insecurely, in poverty, meagrely

from now (or then etc.) on

Now (or then etc.) and in the future.
从现在（或那时等）起
they were friends from that day on
从那天起他们成了朋友。
Example sentencesExamples
- At the age of sixteen, his parents sent him for further schooling in the United Sates - a country where he lived from then on.
- I also had too many versions of one song in my head which also gave me trouble, but eventually I relaxed and things went much better from then on.
- Not that I ever said anything of a personal nature anyway, but I think I'm going to be saying even less from now on.
- We resupplied our groceries and from then on provided our own kitchen staff and cooked our own meals.
- Oil supplies would tighten and prices would rise from then on, experts predicted.
- The Finance Ministry made sure the prime minister shut his mouth from then on.
- His paintings from then on portrayed gigantic, sensuous and cruel women, with pouting lips, masses of wavy hair and columnar necks.
- Williams started hitting some outrageous winners from then on.
- What it did to me though is it made me allergic to shellfish from then on since my body used all its anti-bodies to fight the poison.
- The list of weekly winners will be appearing in these columns from now on.
Synonyms
from now on, after this, as of now, from this day on, from this time on, from this moment forth, from this day forth, from this day forward, subsequently, in future, in the future, hence, henceforth, henceforward

from time to time

Occasionally.
有时；偶尔
Example sentencesExamples
- We always like to hear of any other gardening tips you might have and will do our best to include them from time to time in this column.
- Friday night was one of those pleasant surprises the Internet throws my way from time to time.
- Although he is now fluent in Bulgarian, Matt still confuses the odd word from time to time.
- Yet any organisation must examine itself and the way it works from time to time.
- Pack little surprises from time to time like stickers, a novelty pen or a joke.
- The atmosphere is chilling and symbolic imagery crops up nicely from time to time.
- Sadly, having had to travel on the Tube from time to time, it doesn't happen.
- Chances are you won't get one, but I understand that you feel the need - we all do from time to time.
- Place on a high heat and bring to the boil, stirring from time to time.
- The people who run it are hardcore music fans, they actually let us play there from time to time.
Synonyms
sometimes, occasionally, (every) now and then/again, every so often, (every) once in a while, on occasion, on occasions, on the odd occasion, off and on, at times, at intervals, periodically, sporadically, spasmodically, erratically, irregularly, intermittently, in/by fits and starts, fitfully, discontinuously, piecemeal
rare interruptedly

Origin

Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro).

Rhymes

aplomb, bomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom

Definition of from in US English:

from

prepositionfrəmfrəm

1Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts.
表示空间的起始点从…起
she began to walk away from him
她开始从他身旁走开。
I leapt from my bed
我从床上跳了下来。
figurative he was turning the committee away from appeasement
〈喻〉他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。
Example sentencesExamples
- Amazingly, it took only five months for the Altea to make the journey from prototype to showroom.
- My Saturday evening journey from Kings Cross to York took no less than six hours!
- The local rivals make the short journey across the border from Lancashire today.
- Bear in mind there's a lengthy one hour plus taxi journey from the airport into town.
- The Russian Soyuz is now the only ship capable of carrying crew to and from the space outpost.
- It took the Councillor two hours to make the journey from Bury to Ramsbottom.
- It's a five hour journey from Chichester, with train changes at Reading and Crewe.
- It would not be possible for the Met not to be changed by the journey from Lawrence.
- She got a bad feeling in her stomach as she slowly got up from her bed and walked back to the stairs.
- Regular buses from Saranda make the journey, or you can haggle a price with a taxi driver.
- Journeys to and from one of the hospitals will have to be made on the second and third journey of the ticket.
- My observation is that only a small number of cars move from their spaces during the working day.
- Not that you're bothered, but my journey to and from work is a two bus affair.
- Car journeys to and from the site would also be increased if the expansion was given the go-ahead.
- The final treat of the day was when our driver rose from the table and motioned for me to join him.
- We used to stop there at least four times a year in my childhood on the journeys to and from each grandmother.
- The main journey I make is from Woodthorpe to Rawcliffe, where my girlfriend lives.
- The problems all occurred on the last leg of the journey from London Paddington back to Didcot.
- It's only one of many benefits to sharing the driving on your regular journey to and from work.
- It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester.
1. 1.1 Indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference.
  表示距离离
  the ambush occurred 50 yards from a checkpoint
  伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Scores shall be determined according to the distance of the arrows from the flag stick.
  More than ever it's a question we must face, standing at a distance from the photocopier.
  The car would need to travel only a short distance from the car park to pick up a fare.
  He said they were now staying a short distance from their home in a flat on the Down's Road.
  The word sin was originally an archery term, being a unit of distance from the bull's eye.
  I then measured an equal distance from both sides and marked the area to be cut out.
  The car was seen by police a couple of hours later only a short distance from Mr Graiezevsky's road.
  It is five miles from St Andrews and a similar distance from a variety of beaches and scenic towns.
  This leaves her with a loss of feeling in her limbs and means she has to use the car to travel any distance from her home.
  Other sanctuaries of Demeter in Greece were located at some distance from town centres.
  Who measured the distance from Earth to Mars and did they have to make sure the tape measure was rigid?
  The length measured, using a ruler, was the distance from the base to the first flower on the stem.
  A site on Infirmary Road was rejected because of its distance from the city centre.
  We often go to Hohai lake, which is walking distance from here and part of the old imperial grounds.
  It is a tool which can be used to design the network with the check on distances from three points.
2Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts.
表示空间的起始点从…起
the show will run from 10 to 2
演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。
3Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something.
表示来源来自，从…来
I'm from Hartford
she phoned him from the hotel
她从酒店给他打电话。
she demanded the keys from her husband
她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。
Example sentencesExamples
- If they showed pictures of meetings, people would get ideas from other sources.
- The rest of the cash is being met by funds raised through the parish itself and grant money from other sources.
- Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events.
- Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society.
- This translation from a medieval Anglo-Norman source gives a less cynical view on it.
- Their identities have not been released but police sources say they are from Rayleigh.
- In the event of objections from members of the public, the consent would be subject to a public inquiry.
- I only hope the logs used were from a renewable source, because man, there were a lot of 'em.
- Therefore it is better to drink from a known and trusted source, rather than from a suspect bottle.
- The event is organised by volunteers from the library to raise money to spend on community facility.
- Top performers from all over the area have been brought together for the show.
- I am not in a position to indicate what roads will be funded from that source in the year.
- They have to get funding from somewhere, these sources for funds have to be big, and so have to be noticed.
- I must agree with Mr Derbyshire that clean energy from renewable sources is the way forward.
- The event is run under the watchful eye of troops from the Royal Artillery Display Troop.
- Let's observe our rights to support both teams whatever part of this fine island you are from.
- Money from any fundraising events in the pipeline will go towards extra items and running costs.
- He added that another appeal of the furniture was that it was sourced from sustainable forests.
- You can go here and see images from his motion work and also some clips, but not many.
- It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark.
1. 3.1 Indicating the date at which something was created.
  表示某物产生的日期始于
  a document dating from the thirteenth century
  上溯到13世纪的文献。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The oldest securely dated complete Korans we possess date only from the ninth century.
  An old man with a walnut face and brocade robes rode by, seemingly from the last century.
  He also tips a wink to counterparts in the brewing trade from centuries ago.
  Customers are invited to pick up a copy of the brochure from the box office from that date.
  It survives for us as a small, dark, fascinating vignette from the fourteenth century.
  Many episodes from the late nineteenth century exemplify the crisis of liberalism.
4Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale.
表示某具体范围的起始点从
men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four
从17岁到84岁的男人。
Example sentencesExamples
- With prices ranging from a few rupees to a few hundred, the lamps make for a memorable buy.
- Reviews were mixed, ranging from two stars in the Guardian to four in the film magazine Empire.
- Anyone with a few hours to spare can join, and the current volunteers range in age from 18 up.
- The types of incidents the team deal with ranges from high to low level cases.
- Injuries range from serious lacerations to major fractures and head and spinal injuries.
- The timescales allowed to complete the recommendations ranges from two to five years.
- If we have a scale from one to ten, what are we going to do if we meet someone who is a twelve?
- Up to ten children at a time would be housed overnight, with ages ranging from six weeks to five years.
1. 4.1 Indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations.
  表示概念变化范围的一端从
  anything from geography to literature
  从地理到文学的任何一门学科。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The exhibition features all things foodie from specialist ranges to top booze.
  Each band had a mere ten minutes to show off their talent and music ranged from rock to punk and nu-metal.
  Activities at the youth group include everything from sporting events to weekends away.
  It is among the largest in the country, ranging from farms to gold mines, gravel pits to forests.
  Attacks ranged from verbal abuse and being spat on to being pelted with stones and shot at with airguns.
  Is there a scale running from Not Believable to This Character is Now a Real Person?
  Its severity can range from a minor inconvenience to a fatal rhythm disturbance.
  Five bands wowed the crowds with musical styles ranging from country and western to rock and jazz.
  If found guilty, they face sanctions ranging from a small fine to being stripped of their posts.
  AgriPower has developed a ‘virtual landfill’ system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires.
  These range from stained glass and masonry through to steam engines and historic aircraft.
  All the tracks are original compositions and the music ranges from folk to acoustic jazz.
  The ideas range from the highly plausible to the vaguely intriguing to the obviously crackpot.
  This ranges from casual remarks to serious agitation by the xenophobic right.
  Mourners ranged from the very young to pensioners who had lived their entire lives in the village.
  They range from banker masons skilled in the hand carving of stone to experts in materials testing.
  It contains a range of 120 ideas from chicken and noodle bake to a simple tuna sandwich.
  It has developed into a full flute choir incorporating the entire flute range from piccolo to bass.
  Synonyms
  by, made by, done by, carried out by, caused by, from, in, of
5Indicating the point at which an observer is placed.
表示某物产生的日期始于
you can see the island from here
从这里你可以看见那个岛。
figurative the ability to see things from another's point of view
〈喻〉从别人的观点观察事物的能力。
Example sentencesExamples
- She got so close to her face that from a distance it could have looked like they were smooching.
- Newman watched events unfold from his perch in front of the computer screens.
- What from a distance looked as if it may be a village turned out to be a huge rubbish dump.
- But a menace we have until now seen only from a distance has stepped right up to face us.
- When you look at pictures of the earth from space the effect is even greater.
- How many people could look at power from such close quarters and not grab it with both hands?
- Eyed from a distance, the steaks look spectacular as did the rugged, chunky chips.
- I guess it must take a view from afar to observe what a self serving First Minister is.
- The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village.
- Officers believe that from a distance, the mast would appear to be a lighting column.
- I am watching this drama unfold from a distance, but in a weird way I feel so close to it.
- Christmas arrived and with it frost and snow on the mainland mountains visible from the island.
- As this had been dug into limestone, the mound would have been clearly visible from a distance.
- The launches were observed from both sides and have no writing or identification marks on them.
- He picked the place so he could observe the convoy from up close with his optic probe.
- It means not shedding flakes that are visible to other people from a distance of two feet.
- It's amazing to see the island from the waters, all classic hazy blue layers of skyscrapers.
- He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is.
- On occasions I have waited and watched from a distance to see if anyone comes running to answer it.
- If you were able to see the Great Wall from space, you'd be able to see the bloody motorway system.
6Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured.
表示某物产生的日期始于
a varnish made from copal
由珂巴脂制成的清漆。
Example sentencesExamples
- Here is something more than raw material from which a successful literature was forged.
- These can be manufactured from arable crops like oil seed rape and sugar beet.
7Indicating separation or removal.
表示离开、脱离离
the party was ousted from power after sixteen years
16年后这个党被赶下了台。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's goal is the removal of individual bias from determining the nature of reality.
- Far from devolving decision making to local communities it would take power away from them.
- It had been the longest separation from the hills I'd suffered since I broke my ankle.
- He is also sceptical about the removal of minimum-wage workers from the tax net.
- This is despite regular spraying and the removal of diseased leaves from bush and ground.
- I think what stands out the most from the two journeys is the attitude of the staff on the trains.
- They were the fabulous people responsible for the removal of the ads from this page!
- Second, there has been the removal of proposed housing from the Blackfriars area.
- They were taken from their natural parents and put in foster care, and some were even adopted.
- The first offense will result in disqualification of the shooter from the event.
- His removal from command of the army he had forged had a calamitous effect on the morale of his men.
- This was a deeply formative experience, dividing the fate of the island from the mainland.
- That would be a really interesting way to erode power from the nation state.
- Drivers come steaming up here all the time just to cut a few minutes from their journey.
- What the coup plotters wanted and still want is to take power away from the people.
- I shall be absent from this space for the next six weeks, so a happy Christmas to all of you.
- For nearly a decade a group of people exiled from power during the Clinton years had been making plans.
- Imagine if, in December, the Board of Deputies case results in my removal from office.
- They were showered in debris as the house collapsed and Amanda was separated from her party.
- The unique advantage of democracy is that it can remove such people from power.
8Indicating prevention.
表示防止防
the story of how he was saved from death
关于他如何被救活的故事。
Example sentencesExamples
- As they work back through his memories he desperately tries to save them from being destroyed.
- The injunction prohibits Helm from using the name on his Website or in any commercial context.
- A woman has thanked the hero who saved her from a fire which destroyed the family home.
- Only the lack of policy comparison saves the First Minister from the outrage he deserves.
- All our people are forbidden from engaging in the activities prohibited by the Act.
- Anything at all that could be deemed useful in arms manufacture has been prohibited from import.
- Supplies of serum were needed to save the isolated community from a terrible human tragedy.
- He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas.
- If we want to keep on sinning after we are saved from the law of sin and death, He will allow us to do so.
- The campaign and the Trust were acclaimed for helping save City from the threat of extinction.
- A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car.
- What a sad fate for the nation that saved the world from fascism just 60 years ago.
- I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end.
- It follows Barbara's decision to save a greyhound from being slaughtered in Spain.
- The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain.
- The agents preventing activists from boarding planes were assisted by the airlines.
- In all fairness she is saving the children from a life of poverty and misery.
- If just one child is saved from death because of such a law then it can only be a good thing.
- Three brave police officers risked their lives to save a woman from drowning.
- Can she and her ex-husband save themselves and their young son from certain death?
9Indicating a cause.
表示原因因为，由于
a child suffering from asthma
一个患哮喘的儿童。
Example sentencesExamples
- I want you to know that you may benefit from the love that an animal is capable of giving.
- It was nominated by people who have benefited from its work and seen the positive effect on the community.
- A Bill will be introduced to enable more young people to benefit from higher education.
- Surgery is an option for the minority of women who get little benefit from medical treatment.
- Those who benefit from positive discrimination gain access, but not those who don't.
- Changes in view throughout the film come more from chance events than any deeper process.
- During the late period of slavery attempts were made to prevent infant deaths from tetanus.
- How are you supposed to tell if a neurotic dog feels it has benefited from its treatment?
- My vegetables will benefit enormously from this very kind and generous action.
- Many small businesses believe they are the last in line to benefit from competition in telecoms.
- They believe that these children would benefit from being in mainstream education.
- They could even resolve the problems caused by emissions from their processes.
- The residents may indeed benefit from being under the wing of Croydon Council.
- This means 185 of the schools in the county are now benefiting from this technology.
- All we ask is that the owner provides us with some photographs to show that the tree came down from natural causes.
- He has also benefited from being given a more expansive role under the Swede.
- Drug addicts would benefit from the tests once they decided to kick the habit.
- Some annuals are slow to germinate and grow and benefit from an early sowing.
- The high number of deaths from cholera this year has exacerbated the emergency.
- Meanwhile, the mayor's own tsunami fund is set to benefit from a couple of large donations.
10Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgment.
表示信息的来源或判断的基础从
information obtained from papers, books, and presentations
从文件、书本和演讲会中获取的信息。
Example sentencesExamples
- Take the knowledge from the history of a thing and apply it to The NOW, to Yourself.
- As far as I could gather from the local paper, all he does is take down, put up and modify speed humps.
- The data obtained from the analysis of polar structure is illustrated in Table XIV.
- You realise what you have got from it and can identify others at earlier or differing stages in the process.
- I can say from first hand knowledge that there was not a player in his side that did not hate him.
- We read that what's on and where can be obtained from the tourist information centre.
- Their injuries were so bad that police had to identify them from their fingerprints.
- Can you actually speak from medical experience to use this as a basis of comparison?
- Data on birth characteristics were obtained from the Danish medical birth registry.
- In one case, a young woman was convicted of neglect on the basis of evidence from a radiographer.
- She was allowed to obtain information from the patient and her medical notes.
- Up to now much of your farming knowledge was gleaned from your parents and teachers.
- This information seems to have been obtained from file notes which were not made available to us.
- He said he needed more information from carnival organisers before he could quote the cost.
- Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from?
11Indicating a distinction.
表示防止防
the courts view him in a different light from that of a manual worker
法院不把他看成体力劳动者。
Example sentencesExamples
- They are quite strikingly different from the faces one sees in equivalent circles in London.
- Is that not what is what is happening, as distinct from what is being said to happen?
- They were quite different from what she'd seen in the parts of town she frequented.
- Here the landscape is quite different from the interior but no less rewarding.
- Indeed, why should there be a history of science distinct from the history of thought and action?
- Its quite different from the Sokal hoax, for lots of reasons, as has been pointed out.
- One day, you could part own quite a different company from the one you invested in many years ago.
- This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg.
- Writers often differ quite widely from each other over ethical issues and questions.
- Barley Junction was quite a different station from the one I had left in the Suburbs.
- The position is quite different from that which appertained in the Ireland case.
- We started off quite a bit different from where we had been at the open test.
- How far have its actions, as distinct from its example, contributed to that end?
- The whole place has been redecorated and looks quite different from how I remember it.
- So the logical form of the second sentence is quite different from the logical form of the first.
- It's called the cost of living, and it's quite different from the rate of inflation.
- Kant warned that enjoyment of beauty was distinct from other sorts of pleasure.
- You may end up writing books which are quite different from what you intended to write when you started out.
- Do you have any objection to being named by your name, as distinct from by an initial?
- Further, this third genus is manifestly different and distinct from the second.

Phrases

from day to day (or hour to hour etc.)

Daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass.
每天（或每小时等）；一天一天地（或一小时一小时地等）
Example sentencesExamples
- Normally, property is all about location on presumptuously called The World, the location changes from day to day, and the sea views change by the hour.
- It is loyalty to ‘the cause’, however it is defined and however it changes in principle from day to day, that matters.
- But one of the problems with this town's that there's very little consistency from day to day, month to month, year to year.
- His actual policies fluctuate from hour to hour and have the wonderful capacity to be whatever would suit each individual voter best.
- It has been a time of uncertainty about the future living from day to day, week to week unable to plan for anything other than the short term.
- How many shows do we see Gloria commenting on from day to day, actually from hour to hour?
- The choice, he said, would change from hour to hour, from minute to minute, so don't consider it definitive.
- Of course it waxes and wanes literally from hour to hour.
- I have learned to exist with the pain and panics and live from hour to hour.
- Those with lupus frequently say they don't know from day to day, sometimes hour to hour, how they will feel or what they will be capable of doing.
Synonyms
precariously, from day to day, not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, uncertainly, insecurely, in poverty, meagrely

from now (or then etc.) on

Now (or then etc.) and in the future.
从现在（或那时等）起
they were friends from that day on
从那天起他们成了朋友。
Example sentencesExamples
- His paintings from then on portrayed gigantic, sensuous and cruel women, with pouting lips, masses of wavy hair and columnar necks.
- We resupplied our groceries and from then on provided our own kitchen staff and cooked our own meals.
- The Finance Ministry made sure the prime minister shut his mouth from then on.
- Williams started hitting some outrageous winners from then on.
- The list of weekly winners will be appearing in these columns from now on.
- Not that I ever said anything of a personal nature anyway, but I think I'm going to be saying even less from now on.
- Oil supplies would tighten and prices would rise from then on, experts predicted.
- What it did to me though is it made me allergic to shellfish from then on since my body used all its anti-bodies to fight the poison.
- At the age of sixteen, his parents sent him for further schooling in the United Sates - a country where he lived from then on.
- I also had too many versions of one song in my head which also gave me trouble, but eventually I relaxed and things went much better from then on.
Synonyms
from now on, after this, as of now, from this day on, from this time on, from this moment forth, from this day forth, from this day forward, subsequently, in future, in the future, hence, henceforth, henceforward

from time to time

Occasionally.
有时；偶尔
Example sentencesExamples
- Friday night was one of those pleasant surprises the Internet throws my way from time to time.
- Sadly, having had to travel on the Tube from time to time, it doesn't happen.
- Chances are you won't get one, but I understand that you feel the need - we all do from time to time.
- Although he is now fluent in Bulgarian, Matt still confuses the odd word from time to time.
- Pack little surprises from time to time like stickers, a novelty pen or a joke.
- We always like to hear of any other gardening tips you might have and will do our best to include them from time to time in this column.
- The atmosphere is chilling and symbolic imagery crops up nicely from time to time.
- Place on a high heat and bring to the boil, stirring from time to time.
- The people who run it are hardcore music fans, they actually let us play there from time to time.
- Yet any organisation must examine itself and the way it works from time to time.
Synonyms
sometimes, occasionally, now and again, now and then, every now and again, every now and then, every so often, once in a while, every once in a while, on occasion, on occasions, on the odd occasion, off and on, at times, at intervals, periodically, sporadically, spasmodically, erratically, irregularly, intermittently, by fits and starts, in fits and starts, fitfully, discontinuously, piecemeal

Origin

Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro).

词汇	from
释义	Definition of from in English: from preposition frɒmfrəmfrəm 1Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts. 表示空间的起始点从…起 she began to walk away from him 她开始从他身旁走开。 I leapt from my bed 我从床上跳了下来。 figurative he was turning the Chamberlain government away from appeasement 〈喻〉他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。 Example sentencesExamples Amazingly, it took only five months for the Altea to make the journey from prototype to showroom. It's only one of many benefits to sharing the driving on your regular journey to and from work. We used to stop there at least four times a year in my childhood on the journeys to and from each grandmother. It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester. The local rivals make the short journey across the border from Lancashire today. Not that you're bothered, but my journey to and from work is a two bus affair. My Saturday evening journey from Kings Cross to York took no less than six hours! The Russian Soyuz is now the only ship capable of carrying crew to and from the space outpost. Regular buses from Saranda make the journey, or you can haggle a price with a taxi driver. Car journeys to and from the site would also be increased if the expansion was given the go-ahead. My observation is that only a small number of cars move from their spaces during the working day. It took the Councillor two hours to make the journey from Bury to Ramsbottom. The problems all occurred on the last leg of the journey from London Paddington back to Didcot. It would not be possible for the Met not to be changed by the journey from Lawrence. It's a five hour journey from Chichester, with train changes at Reading and Crewe. Bear in mind there's a lengthy one hour plus taxi journey from the airport into town. The main journey I make is from Woodthorpe to Rawcliffe, where my girlfriend lives. Journeys to and from one of the hospitals will have to be made on the second and third journey of the ticket. She got a bad feeling in her stomach as she slowly got up from her bed and walked back to the stairs. The final treat of the day was when our driver rose from the table and motioned for me to join him. 1.1 Indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference. 表示距离离 the ambush occurred 50 metres from a checkpoint 伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。 Example sentencesExamples This leaves her with a loss of feeling in her limbs and means she has to use the car to travel any distance from her home. We often go to Hohai lake, which is walking distance from here and part of the old imperial grounds. The word sin was originally an archery term, being a unit of distance from the bull's eye. The car would need to travel only a short distance from the car park to pick up a fare. More than ever it's a question we must face, standing at a distance from the photocopier. It is five miles from St Andrews and a similar distance from a variety of beaches and scenic towns. I then measured an equal distance from both sides and marked the area to be cut out. Who measured the distance from Earth to Mars and did they have to make sure the tape measure was rigid? Scores shall be determined according to the distance of the arrows from the flag stick. He said they were now staying a short distance from their home in a flat on the Down's Road. The car was seen by police a couple of hours later only a short distance from Mr Graiezevsky's road. Other sanctuaries of Demeter in Greece were located at some distance from town centres. A site on Infirmary Road was rejected because of its distance from the city centre. It is a tool which can be used to design the network with the check on distances from three points. The length measured, using a ruler, was the distance from the base to the first flower on the stem. 2Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts. 表示空间的起始点从…起 the show will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m 演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。 3Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something. 表示来源来自，从…来 I'm from Hackney 我来自哈克尼。 she rang him from the hotel 她从酒店给他打电话。 she demanded the keys from her husband 她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。 Example sentencesExamples Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events. Money from any fundraising events in the pipeline will go towards extra items and running costs. Top performers from all over the area have been brought together for the show. I only hope the logs used were from a renewable source, because man, there were a lot of 'em. You can go here and see images from his motion work and also some clips, but not many. Let's observe our rights to support both teams whatever part of this fine island you are from. I must agree with Mr Derbyshire that clean energy from renewable sources is the way forward. If they showed pictures of meetings, people would get ideas from other sources. Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society. This translation from a medieval Anglo-Norman source gives a less cynical view on it. He added that another appeal of the furniture was that it was sourced from sustainable forests. I am not in a position to indicate what roads will be funded from that source in the year. They have to get funding from somewhere, these sources for funds have to be big, and so have to be noticed. The event is run under the watchful eye of troops from the Royal Artillery Display Troop. Therefore it is better to drink from a known and trusted source, rather than from a suspect bottle. The event is organised by volunteers from the library to raise money to spend on community facility. The rest of the cash is being met by funds raised through the parish itself and grant money from other sources. Their identities have not been released but police sources say they are from Rayleigh. It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark. In the event of objections from members of the public, the consent would be subject to a public inquiry. 3.1 Indicating the date at which something was created. 表示某物产生的日期始于 a document dating from the thirteenth century 上溯到13世纪的文献。 Example sentencesExamples The oldest securely dated complete Korans we possess date only from the ninth century. An old man with a walnut face and brocade robes rode by, seemingly from the last century. Customers are invited to pick up a copy of the brochure from the box office from that date. He also tips a wink to counterparts in the brewing trade from centuries ago. It survives for us as a small, dark, fascinating vignette from the fourteenth century. Many episodes from the late nineteenth century exemplify the crisis of liberalism. 4Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale. 表示某具体范围的起始点从 men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four 从17岁到84岁的男人。 Example sentencesExamples The timescales allowed to complete the recommendations ranges from two to five years. Reviews were mixed, ranging from two stars in the Guardian to four in the film magazine Empire. The types of incidents the team deal with ranges from high to low level cases. Up to ten children at a time would be housed overnight, with ages ranging from six weeks to five years. If we have a scale from one to ten, what are we going to do if we meet someone who is a twelve? Injuries range from serious lacerations to major fractures and head and spinal injuries. With prices ranging from a few rupees to a few hundred, the lamps make for a memorable buy. Anyone with a few hours to spare can join, and the current volunteers range in age from 18 up. 4.1 Indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations. 表示概念变化范围的一端从 anything from geography to literature 从地理到文学的任何一门学科。 Example sentencesExamples The exhibition features all things foodie from specialist ranges to top booze. AgriPower has developed a ‘virtual landfill’ system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires. These range from stained glass and masonry through to steam engines and historic aircraft. It has developed into a full flute choir incorporating the entire flute range from piccolo to bass. If found guilty, they face sanctions ranging from a small fine to being stripped of their posts. Five bands wowed the crowds with musical styles ranging from country and western to rock and jazz. Each band had a mere ten minutes to show off their talent and music ranged from rock to punk and nu-metal. All the tracks are original compositions and the music ranges from folk to acoustic jazz. Its severity can range from a minor inconvenience to a fatal rhythm disturbance. Activities at the youth group include everything from sporting events to weekends away. Attacks ranged from verbal abuse and being spat on to being pelted with stones and shot at with airguns. Mourners ranged from the very young to pensioners who had lived their entire lives in the village. It is among the largest in the country, ranging from farms to gold mines, gravel pits to forests. The ideas range from the highly plausible to the vaguely intriguing to the obviously crackpot. It contains a range of 120 ideas from chicken and noodle bake to a simple tuna sandwich. Is there a scale running from Not Believable to This Character is Now a Real Person? This ranges from casual remarks to serious agitation by the xenophobic right. They range from banker masons skilled in the hand carving of stone to experts in materials testing. Synonyms by, made by, done by, carried out by, caused by, from, in, of 5Indicating the point at which an observer is placed. 表示某物产生的日期始于 you can see the island from here 从这里你可以看见那个岛。 figurative the ability to see things from another's point of view 〈喻〉从别人的观点观察事物的能力。 Example sentencesExamples He picked the place so he could observe the convoy from up close with his optic probe. Christmas arrived and with it frost and snow on the mainland mountains visible from the island. How many people could look at power from such close quarters and not grab it with both hands? As this had been dug into limestone, the mound would have been clearly visible from a distance. It means not shedding flakes that are visible to other people from a distance of two feet. What from a distance looked as if it may be a village turned out to be a huge rubbish dump. When you look at pictures of the earth from space the effect is even greater. Officers believe that from a distance, the mast would appear to be a lighting column. She got so close to her face that from a distance it could have looked like they were smooching. On occasions I have waited and watched from a distance to see if anyone comes running to answer it. I guess it must take a view from afar to observe what a self serving First Minister is. But a menace we have until now seen only from a distance has stepped right up to face us. It's amazing to see the island from the waters, all classic hazy blue layers of skyscrapers. He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is. Newman watched events unfold from his perch in front of the computer screens. The launches were observed from both sides and have no writing or identification marks on them. The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village. I am watching this drama unfold from a distance, but in a weird way I feel so close to it. If you were able to see the Great Wall from space, you'd be able to see the bloody motorway system. Eyed from a distance, the steaks look spectacular as did the rugged, chunky chips. 6Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured. 表示某物产生的日期始于 a paint made from a natural resin Example sentencesExamples These can be manufactured from arable crops like oil seed rape and sugar beet. Here is something more than raw material from which a successful literature was forged. 7Indicating separation or removal. 表示离开、脱离离 the party was ousted from power after sixteen years 16年后这个党被赶下了台。 Example sentencesExamples It had been the longest separation from the hills I'd suffered since I broke my ankle. Far from devolving decision making to local communities it would take power away from them. I think what stands out the most from the two journeys is the attitude of the staff on the trains. They were the fabulous people responsible for the removal of the ads from this page! He is also sceptical about the removal of minimum-wage workers from the tax net. The first offense will result in disqualification of the shooter from the event. They were taken from their natural parents and put in foster care, and some were even adopted. I shall be absent from this space for the next six weeks, so a happy Christmas to all of you. They were showered in debris as the house collapsed and Amanda was separated from her party. Second, there has been the removal of proposed housing from the Blackfriars area. This was a deeply formative experience, dividing the fate of the island from the mainland. This is despite regular spraying and the removal of diseased leaves from bush and ground. Imagine if, in December, the Board of Deputies case results in my removal from office. It's goal is the removal of individual bias from determining the nature of reality. For nearly a decade a group of people exiled from power during the Clinton years had been making plans. The unique advantage of democracy is that it can remove such people from power. His removal from command of the army he had forged had a calamitous effect on the morale of his men. Drivers come steaming up here all the time just to cut a few minutes from their journey. What the coup plotters wanted and still want is to take power away from the people. That would be a really interesting way to erode power from the nation state. 8Indicating prevention. 表示防止防 the story of how he was saved from death 关于他如何被救活的故事。 Example sentencesExamples A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car. If we want to keep on sinning after we are saved from the law of sin and death, He will allow us to do so. Anything at all that could be deemed useful in arms manufacture has been prohibited from import. Only the lack of policy comparison saves the First Minister from the outrage he deserves. Three brave police officers risked their lives to save a woman from drowning. The injunction prohibits Helm from using the name on his Website or in any commercial context. Supplies of serum were needed to save the isolated community from a terrible human tragedy. The agents preventing activists from boarding planes were assisted by the airlines. The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain. As they work back through his memories he desperately tries to save them from being destroyed. The campaign and the Trust were acclaimed for helping save City from the threat of extinction. In all fairness she is saving the children from a life of poverty and misery. He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas. It follows Barbara's decision to save a greyhound from being slaughtered in Spain. Can she and her ex-husband save themselves and their young son from certain death? A woman has thanked the hero who saved her from a fire which destroyed the family home. All our people are forbidden from engaging in the activities prohibited by the Act. I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end. If just one child is saved from death because of such a law then it can only be a good thing. What a sad fate for the nation that saved the world from fascism just 60 years ago. 9Indicating a cause. 表示原因因为，由于 a child suffering from asthma 一个患哮喘的儿童。 Example sentencesExamples Surgery is an option for the minority of women who get little benefit from medical treatment. He has also benefited from being given a more expansive role under the Swede. It was nominated by people who have benefited from its work and seen the positive effect on the community. All we ask is that the owner provides us with some photographs to show that the tree came down from natural causes. Changes in view throughout the film come more from chance events than any deeper process. They could even resolve the problems caused by emissions from their processes. My vegetables will benefit enormously from this very kind and generous action. Those who benefit from positive discrimination gain access, but not those who don't. During the late period of slavery attempts were made to prevent infant deaths from tetanus. This means 185 of the schools in the county are now benefiting from this technology. Many small businesses believe they are the last in line to benefit from competition in telecoms. They believe that these children would benefit from being in mainstream education. I want you to know that you may benefit from the love that an animal is capable of giving. How are you supposed to tell if a neurotic dog feels it has benefited from its treatment? Drug addicts would benefit from the tests once they decided to kick the habit. Some annuals are slow to germinate and grow and benefit from an early sowing. A Bill will be introduced to enable more young people to benefit from higher education. The residents may indeed benefit from being under the wing of Croydon Council. Meanwhile, the mayor's own tsunami fund is set to benefit from a couple of large donations. The high number of deaths from cholera this year has exacerbated the emergency. 10Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgement. 表示信息的来源或判断的基础从 information obtained from papers, books, and presentations 从文件、书本和演讲会中获取的信息。 Example sentencesExamples We read that what's on and where can be obtained from the tourist information centre. Up to now much of your farming knowledge was gleaned from your parents and teachers. Take the knowledge from the history of a thing and apply it to The NOW, to Yourself. As far as I could gather from the local paper, all he does is take down, put up and modify speed humps. I can say from first hand knowledge that there was not a player in his side that did not hate him. Their injuries were so bad that police had to identify them from their fingerprints. She was allowed to obtain information from the patient and her medical notes. Data on birth characteristics were obtained from the Danish medical birth registry. The data obtained from the analysis of polar structure is illustrated in Table XIV. You realise what you have got from it and can identify others at earlier or differing stages in the process. Can you actually speak from medical experience to use this as a basis of comparison? He said he needed more information from carnival organisers before he could quote the cost. This information seems to have been obtained from file notes which were not made available to us. Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from? In one case, a young woman was convicted of neglect on the basis of evidence from a radiographer. 11Indicating a distinction. 表示防止防 these fees are quite distinct from expenses Example sentencesExamples Kant warned that enjoyment of beauty was distinct from other sorts of pleasure. Is that not what is what is happening, as distinct from what is being said to happen? This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg. Its quite different from the Sokal hoax, for lots of reasons, as has been pointed out. They are quite strikingly different from the faces one sees in equivalent circles in London. Writers often differ quite widely from each other over ethical issues and questions. Barley Junction was quite a different station from the one I had left in the Suburbs. Here the landscape is quite different from the interior but no less rewarding. They were quite different from what she'd seen in the parts of town she frequented. Do you have any objection to being named by your name, as distinct from by an initial? How far have its actions, as distinct from its example, contributed to that end? Indeed, why should there be a history of science distinct from the history of thought and action? The whole place has been redecorated and looks quite different from how I remember it. So the logical form of the second sentence is quite different from the logical form of the first. The position is quite different from that which appertained in the Ireland case. We started off quite a bit different from where we had been at the open test. Further, this third genus is manifestly different and distinct from the second. One day, you could part own quite a different company from the one you invested in many years ago. You may end up writing books which are quite different from what you intended to write when you started out. It's called the cost of living, and it's quite different from the rate of inflation. Phrases from day to day (or hour to hour etc.) Daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass. 每天（或每小时等）；一天一天地（或一小时一小时地等） Example sentencesExamples I have learned to exist with the pain and panics and live from hour to hour. How many shows do we see Gloria commenting on from day to day, actually from hour to hour? But one of the problems with this town's that there's very little consistency from day to day, month to month, year to year. Normally, property is all about location on presumptuously called The World, the location changes from day to day, and the sea views change by the hour. The choice, he said, would change from hour to hour, from minute to minute, so don't consider it definitive. His actual policies fluctuate from hour to hour and have the wonderful capacity to be whatever would suit each individual voter best. It has been a time of uncertainty about the future living from day to day, week to week unable to plan for anything other than the short term. Of course it waxes and wanes literally from hour to hour. Those with lupus frequently say they don't know from day to day, sometimes hour to hour, how they will feel or what they will be capable of doing. It is loyalty to ‘the cause’, however it is defined and however it changes in principle from day to day, that matters. Synonyms precariously, from day to day, not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, uncertainly, insecurely, in poverty, meagrely from now (or then etc.) on Now (or then etc.) and in the future. 从现在（或那时等）起 they were friends from that day on 从那天起他们成了朋友。 Example sentencesExamples At the age of sixteen, his parents sent him for further schooling in the United Sates - a country where he lived from then on. I also had too many versions of one song in my head which also gave me trouble, but eventually I relaxed and things went much better from then on. Not that I ever said anything of a personal nature anyway, but I think I'm going to be saying even less from now on. We resupplied our groceries and from then on provided our own kitchen staff and cooked our own meals. Oil supplies would tighten and prices would rise from then on, experts predicted. The Finance Ministry made sure the prime minister shut his mouth from then on. His paintings from then on portrayed gigantic, sensuous and cruel women, with pouting lips, masses of wavy hair and columnar necks. Williams started hitting some outrageous winners from then on. What it did to me though is it made me allergic to shellfish from then on since my body used all its anti-bodies to fight the poison. The list of weekly winners will be appearing in these columns from now on. Synonyms from now on, after this, as of now, from this day on, from this time on, from this moment forth, from this day forth, from this day forward, subsequently, in future, in the future, hence, henceforth, henceforward from time to time Occasionally. 有时；偶尔 Example sentencesExamples We always like to hear of any other gardening tips you might have and will do our best to include them from time to time in this column. Friday night was one of those pleasant surprises the Internet throws my way from time to time. Although he is now fluent in Bulgarian, Matt still confuses the odd word from time to time. Yet any organisation must examine itself and the way it works from time to time. Pack little surprises from time to time like stickers, a novelty pen or a joke. The atmosphere is chilling and symbolic imagery crops up nicely from time to time. Sadly, having had to travel on the Tube from time to time, it doesn't happen. Chances are you won't get one, but I understand that you feel the need - we all do from time to time. Place on a high heat and bring to the boil, stirring from time to time. The people who run it are hardcore music fans, they actually let us play there from time to time. Synonyms sometimes, occasionally, (every) now and then/again, every so often, (every) once in a while, on occasion, on occasions, on the odd occasion, off and on, at times, at intervals, periodically, sporadically, spasmodically, erratically, irregularly, intermittently, in/by fits and starts, fitfully, discontinuously, piecemeal rare interruptedly Origin Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro). Rhymes aplomb, bomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom prep.1 phr. Definition of from in US English: from prepositionfrəmfrəm 1Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts. 表示空间的起始点从…起 she began to walk away from him 她开始从他身旁走开。 I leapt from my bed 我从床上跳了下来。 figurative he was turning the committee away from appeasement 〈喻〉他正在阻止张伯伦政府奉行绥靖政策。 Example sentencesExamples Amazingly, it took only five months for the Altea to make the journey from prototype to showroom. My Saturday evening journey from Kings Cross to York took no less than six hours! The local rivals make the short journey across the border from Lancashire today. Bear in mind there's a lengthy one hour plus taxi journey from the airport into town. The Russian Soyuz is now the only ship capable of carrying crew to and from the space outpost. It took the Councillor two hours to make the journey from Bury to Ramsbottom. It's a five hour journey from Chichester, with train changes at Reading and Crewe. It would not be possible for the Met not to be changed by the journey from Lawrence. She got a bad feeling in her stomach as she slowly got up from her bed and walked back to the stairs. Regular buses from Saranda make the journey, or you can haggle a price with a taxi driver. Journeys to and from one of the hospitals will have to be made on the second and third journey of the ticket. My observation is that only a small number of cars move from their spaces during the working day. Not that you're bothered, but my journey to and from work is a two bus affair. Car journeys to and from the site would also be increased if the expansion was given the go-ahead. The final treat of the day was when our driver rose from the table and motioned for me to join him. We used to stop there at least four times a year in my childhood on the journeys to and from each grandmother. The main journey I make is from Woodthorpe to Rawcliffe, where my girlfriend lives. The problems all occurred on the last leg of the journey from London Paddington back to Didcot. It's only one of many benefits to sharing the driving on your regular journey to and from work. It was also said that one leg of a planned flight involved a journey from Manchester. 1.1 Indicating the distance between a particular place and another place used as a point of reference. 表示距离离 the ambush occurred 50 yards from a checkpoint 伏击发生在离检查站50米的地方。 Example sentencesExamples Scores shall be determined according to the distance of the arrows from the flag stick. More than ever it's a question we must face, standing at a distance from the photocopier. The car would need to travel only a short distance from the car park to pick up a fare. He said they were now staying a short distance from their home in a flat on the Down's Road. The word sin was originally an archery term, being a unit of distance from the bull's eye. I then measured an equal distance from both sides and marked the area to be cut out. The car was seen by police a couple of hours later only a short distance from Mr Graiezevsky's road. It is five miles from St Andrews and a similar distance from a variety of beaches and scenic towns. This leaves her with a loss of feeling in her limbs and means she has to use the car to travel any distance from her home. Other sanctuaries of Demeter in Greece were located at some distance from town centres. Who measured the distance from Earth to Mars and did they have to make sure the tape measure was rigid? The length measured, using a ruler, was the distance from the base to the first flower on the stem. A site on Infirmary Road was rejected because of its distance from the city centre. We often go to Hohai lake, which is walking distance from here and part of the old imperial grounds. It is a tool which can be used to design the network with the check on distances from three points. 2Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts. 表示空间的起始点从…起 the show will run from 10 to 2 演出将从上午10点开始，下午2点结束。 3Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something. 表示来源来自，从…来 I'm from Hartford she phoned him from the hotel 她从酒店给他打电话。 she demanded the keys from her husband 她向她的丈夫索要钥匙。 Example sentencesExamples If they showed pictures of meetings, people would get ideas from other sources. The rest of the cash is being met by funds raised through the parish itself and grant money from other sources. Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events. Now his rescue bids have earned him a top life-saving award from the Royal Humane Society. This translation from a medieval Anglo-Norman source gives a less cynical view on it. Their identities have not been released but police sources say they are from Rayleigh. In the event of objections from members of the public, the consent would be subject to a public inquiry. I only hope the logs used were from a renewable source, because man, there were a lot of 'em. Therefore it is better to drink from a known and trusted source, rather than from a suspect bottle. The event is organised by volunteers from the library to raise money to spend on community facility. Top performers from all over the area have been brought together for the show. I am not in a position to indicate what roads will be funded from that source in the year. They have to get funding from somewhere, these sources for funds have to be big, and so have to be noticed. I must agree with Mr Derbyshire that clean energy from renewable sources is the way forward. The event is run under the watchful eye of troops from the Royal Artillery Display Troop. Let's observe our rights to support both teams whatever part of this fine island you are from. Money from any fundraising events in the pipeline will go towards extra items and running costs. He added that another appeal of the furniture was that it was sourced from sustainable forests. You can go here and see images from his motion work and also some clips, but not many. It is also called the Cork Tree, as an inferior cork is processed from its corky bark. 3.1 Indicating the date at which something was created. 表示某物产生的日期始于 a document dating from the thirteenth century 上溯到13世纪的文献。 Example sentencesExamples The oldest securely dated complete Korans we possess date only from the ninth century. An old man with a walnut face and brocade robes rode by, seemingly from the last century. He also tips a wink to counterparts in the brewing trade from centuries ago. Customers are invited to pick up a copy of the brochure from the box office from that date. It survives for us as a small, dark, fascinating vignette from the fourteenth century. Many episodes from the late nineteenth century exemplify the crisis of liberalism. 4Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale. 表示某具体范围的起始点从 men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four 从17岁到84岁的男人。 Example sentencesExamples With prices ranging from a few rupees to a few hundred, the lamps make for a memorable buy. Reviews were mixed, ranging from two stars in the Guardian to four in the film magazine Empire. Anyone with a few hours to spare can join, and the current volunteers range in age from 18 up. The types of incidents the team deal with ranges from high to low level cases. Injuries range from serious lacerations to major fractures and head and spinal injuries. The timescales allowed to complete the recommendations ranges from two to five years. If we have a scale from one to ten, what are we going to do if we meet someone who is a twelve? Up to ten children at a time would be housed overnight, with ages ranging from six weeks to five years. 4.1 Indicating one extreme in a range of conceptual variations. 表示概念变化范围的一端从 anything from geography to literature 从地理到文学的任何一门学科。 Example sentencesExamples The exhibition features all things foodie from specialist ranges to top booze. Each band had a mere ten minutes to show off their talent and music ranged from rock to punk and nu-metal. Activities at the youth group include everything from sporting events to weekends away. It is among the largest in the country, ranging from farms to gold mines, gravel pits to forests. Attacks ranged from verbal abuse and being spat on to being pelted with stones and shot at with airguns. Is there a scale running from Not Believable to This Character is Now a Real Person? Its severity can range from a minor inconvenience to a fatal rhythm disturbance. Five bands wowed the crowds with musical styles ranging from country and western to rock and jazz. If found guilty, they face sanctions ranging from a small fine to being stripped of their posts. AgriPower has developed a ‘virtual landfill’ system that can produce electricity and heat by burning anything from nuts to old tires. These range from stained glass and masonry through to steam engines and historic aircraft. All the tracks are original compositions and the music ranges from folk to acoustic jazz. The ideas range from the highly plausible to the vaguely intriguing to the obviously crackpot. This ranges from casual remarks to serious agitation by the xenophobic right. Mourners ranged from the very young to pensioners who had lived their entire lives in the village. They range from banker masons skilled in the hand carving of stone to experts in materials testing. It contains a range of 120 ideas from chicken and noodle bake to a simple tuna sandwich. It has developed into a full flute choir incorporating the entire flute range from piccolo to bass. Synonyms by, made by, done by, carried out by, caused by, from, in, of 5Indicating the point at which an observer is placed. 表示某物产生的日期始于 you can see the island from here 从这里你可以看见那个岛。 figurative the ability to see things from another's point of view 〈喻〉从别人的观点观察事物的能力。 Example sentencesExamples She got so close to her face that from a distance it could have looked like they were smooching. Newman watched events unfold from his perch in front of the computer screens. What from a distance looked as if it may be a village turned out to be a huge rubbish dump. But a menace we have until now seen only from a distance has stepped right up to face us. When you look at pictures of the earth from space the effect is even greater. How many people could look at power from such close quarters and not grab it with both hands? Eyed from a distance, the steaks look spectacular as did the rugged, chunky chips. I guess it must take a view from afar to observe what a self serving First Minister is. The best place to view the giant from a distance is from a wide lay-by, just outside the village. Officers believe that from a distance, the mast would appear to be a lighting column. I am watching this drama unfold from a distance, but in a weird way I feel so close to it. Christmas arrived and with it frost and snow on the mainland mountains visible from the island. As this had been dug into limestone, the mound would have been clearly visible from a distance. The launches were observed from both sides and have no writing or identification marks on them. He picked the place so he could observe the convoy from up close with his optic probe. It means not shedding flakes that are visible to other people from a distance of two feet. It's amazing to see the island from the waters, all classic hazy blue layers of skyscrapers. He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is. On occasions I have waited and watched from a distance to see if anyone comes running to answer it. If you were able to see the Great Wall from space, you'd be able to see the bloody motorway system. 6Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured. 表示某物产生的日期始于 a varnish made from copal 由珂巴脂制成的清漆。 Example sentencesExamples Here is something more than raw material from which a successful literature was forged. These can be manufactured from arable crops like oil seed rape and sugar beet. 7Indicating separation or removal. 表示离开、脱离离 the party was ousted from power after sixteen years 16年后这个党被赶下了台。 Example sentencesExamples It's goal is the removal of individual bias from determining the nature of reality. Far from devolving decision making to local communities it would take power away from them. It had been the longest separation from the hills I'd suffered since I broke my ankle. He is also sceptical about the removal of minimum-wage workers from the tax net. This is despite regular spraying and the removal of diseased leaves from bush and ground. I think what stands out the most from the two journeys is the attitude of the staff on the trains. They were the fabulous people responsible for the removal of the ads from this page! Second, there has been the removal of proposed housing from the Blackfriars area. They were taken from their natural parents and put in foster care, and some were even adopted. The first offense will result in disqualification of the shooter from the event. His removal from command of the army he had forged had a calamitous effect on the morale of his men. This was a deeply formative experience, dividing the fate of the island from the mainland. That would be a really interesting way to erode power from the nation state. Drivers come steaming up here all the time just to cut a few minutes from their journey. What the coup plotters wanted and still want is to take power away from the people. I shall be absent from this space for the next six weeks, so a happy Christmas to all of you. For nearly a decade a group of people exiled from power during the Clinton years had been making plans. Imagine if, in December, the Board of Deputies case results in my removal from office. They were showered in debris as the house collapsed and Amanda was separated from her party. The unique advantage of democracy is that it can remove such people from power. 8Indicating prevention. 表示防止防 the story of how he was saved from death 关于他如何被救活的故事。 Example sentencesExamples As they work back through his memories he desperately tries to save them from being destroyed. The injunction prohibits Helm from using the name on his Website or in any commercial context. A woman has thanked the hero who saved her from a fire which destroyed the family home. Only the lack of policy comparison saves the First Minister from the outrage he deserves. All our people are forbidden from engaging in the activities prohibited by the Act. Anything at all that could be deemed useful in arms manufacture has been prohibited from import. Supplies of serum were needed to save the isolated community from a terrible human tragedy. He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas. If we want to keep on sinning after we are saved from the law of sin and death, He will allow us to do so. The campaign and the Trust were acclaimed for helping save City from the threat of extinction. A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car. What a sad fate for the nation that saved the world from fascism just 60 years ago. I once caught a scarf in a lift door as it closed and only just managed to heave it free and save myself from a gruesome end. It follows Barbara's decision to save a greyhound from being slaughtered in Spain. The Robin Hood pub has been saved from demolition but its future as a watering hole looks uncertain. The agents preventing activists from boarding planes were assisted by the airlines. In all fairness she is saving the children from a life of poverty and misery. If just one child is saved from death because of such a law then it can only be a good thing. Three brave police officers risked their lives to save a woman from drowning. Can she and her ex-husband save themselves and their young son from certain death? 9Indicating a cause. 表示原因因为，由于 a child suffering from asthma 一个患哮喘的儿童。 Example sentencesExamples I want you to know that you may benefit from the love that an animal is capable of giving. It was nominated by people who have benefited from its work and seen the positive effect on the community. A Bill will be introduced to enable more young people to benefit from higher education. Surgery is an option for the minority of women who get little benefit from medical treatment. Those who benefit from positive discrimination gain access, but not those who don't. Changes in view throughout the film come more from chance events than any deeper process. During the late period of slavery attempts were made to prevent infant deaths from tetanus. How are you supposed to tell if a neurotic dog feels it has benefited from its treatment? My vegetables will benefit enormously from this very kind and generous action. Many small businesses believe they are the last in line to benefit from competition in telecoms. They believe that these children would benefit from being in mainstream education. They could even resolve the problems caused by emissions from their processes. The residents may indeed benefit from being under the wing of Croydon Council. This means 185 of the schools in the county are now benefiting from this technology. All we ask is that the owner provides us with some photographs to show that the tree came down from natural causes. He has also benefited from being given a more expansive role under the Swede. Drug addicts would benefit from the tests once they decided to kick the habit. Some annuals are slow to germinate and grow and benefit from an early sowing. The high number of deaths from cholera this year has exacerbated the emergency. Meanwhile, the mayor's own tsunami fund is set to benefit from a couple of large donations. 10Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one's judgment. 表示信息的来源或判断的基础从 information obtained from papers, books, and presentations 从文件、书本和演讲会中获取的信息。 Example sentencesExamples Take the knowledge from the history of a thing and apply it to The NOW, to Yourself. As far as I could gather from the local paper, all he does is take down, put up and modify speed humps. The data obtained from the analysis of polar structure is illustrated in Table XIV. You realise what you have got from it and can identify others at earlier or differing stages in the process. I can say from first hand knowledge that there was not a player in his side that did not hate him. We read that what's on and where can be obtained from the tourist information centre. Their injuries were so bad that police had to identify them from their fingerprints. Can you actually speak from medical experience to use this as a basis of comparison? Data on birth characteristics were obtained from the Danish medical birth registry. In one case, a young woman was convicted of neglect on the basis of evidence from a radiographer. She was allowed to obtain information from the patient and her medical notes. Up to now much of your farming knowledge was gleaned from your parents and teachers. This information seems to have been obtained from file notes which were not made available to us. He said he needed more information from carnival organisers before he could quote the cost. Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from? 11Indicating a distinction. 表示防止防 the courts view him in a different light from that of a manual worker 法院不把他看成体力劳动者。 Example sentencesExamples They are quite strikingly different from the faces one sees in equivalent circles in London. Is that not what is what is happening, as distinct from what is being said to happen? They were quite different from what she'd seen in the parts of town she frequented. Here the landscape is quite different from the interior but no less rewarding. Indeed, why should there be a history of science distinct from the history of thought and action? Its quite different from the Sokal hoax, for lots of reasons, as has been pointed out. One day, you could part own quite a different company from the one you invested in many years ago. This is quite different from Europe, where eating on the slopes will cost you an arm and a leg. Writers often differ quite widely from each other over ethical issues and questions. Barley Junction was quite a different station from the one I had left in the Suburbs. The position is quite different from that which appertained in the Ireland case. We started off quite a bit different from where we had been at the open test. How far have its actions, as distinct from its example, contributed to that end? The whole place has been redecorated and looks quite different from how I remember it. So the logical form of the second sentence is quite different from the logical form of the first. It's called the cost of living, and it's quite different from the rate of inflation. Kant warned that enjoyment of beauty was distinct from other sorts of pleasure. You may end up writing books which are quite different from what you intended to write when you started out. Do you have any objection to being named by your name, as distinct from by an initial? Further, this third genus is manifestly different and distinct from the second. Phrases from day to day (or hour to hour etc.) Daily (or hourly etc.); as the days (or hours etc.) pass. 每天（或每小时等）；一天一天地（或一小时一小时地等） Example sentencesExamples Normally, property is all about location on presumptuously called The World, the location changes from day to day, and the sea views change by the hour. It is loyalty to ‘the cause’, however it is defined and however it changes in principle from day to day, that matters. But one of the problems with this town's that there's very little consistency from day to day, month to month, year to year. His actual policies fluctuate from hour to hour and have the wonderful capacity to be whatever would suit each individual voter best. It has been a time of uncertainty about the future living from day to day, week to week unable to plan for anything other than the short term. How many shows do we see Gloria commenting on from day to day, actually from hour to hour? The choice, he said, would change from hour to hour, from minute to minute, so don't consider it definitive. Of course it waxes and wanes literally from hour to hour. I have learned to exist with the pain and panics and live from hour to hour. Those with lupus frequently say they don't know from day to day, sometimes hour to hour, how they will feel or what they will be capable of doing. Synonyms precariously, from day to day, not knowing where one's next meal is coming from, uncertainly, insecurely, in poverty, meagrely from now (or then etc.) on Now (or then etc.) and in the future. 从现在（或那时等）起 they were friends from that day on 从那天起他们成了朋友。 Example sentencesExamples His paintings from then on portrayed gigantic, sensuous and cruel women, with pouting lips, masses of wavy hair and columnar necks. We resupplied our groceries and from then on provided our own kitchen staff and cooked our own meals. The Finance Ministry made sure the prime minister shut his mouth from then on. Williams started hitting some outrageous winners from then on. The list of weekly winners will be appearing in these columns from now on. Not that I ever said anything of a personal nature anyway, but I think I'm going to be saying even less from now on. Oil supplies would tighten and prices would rise from then on, experts predicted. What it did to me though is it made me allergic to shellfish from then on since my body used all its anti-bodies to fight the poison. At the age of sixteen, his parents sent him for further schooling in the United Sates - a country where he lived from then on. I also had too many versions of one song in my head which also gave me trouble, but eventually I relaxed and things went much better from then on. Synonyms from now on, after this, as of now, from this day on, from this time on, from this moment forth, from this day forth, from this day forward, subsequently, in future, in the future, hence, henceforth, henceforward from time to time Occasionally. 有时；偶尔 Example sentencesExamples Friday night was one of those pleasant surprises the Internet throws my way from time to time. Sadly, having had to travel on the Tube from time to time, it doesn't happen. Chances are you won't get one, but I understand that you feel the need - we all do from time to time. Although he is now fluent in Bulgarian, Matt still confuses the odd word from time to time. Pack little surprises from time to time like stickers, a novelty pen or a joke. We always like to hear of any other gardening tips you might have and will do our best to include them from time to time in this column. The atmosphere is chilling and symbolic imagery crops up nicely from time to time. Place on a high heat and bring to the boil, stirring from time to time. The people who run it are hardcore music fans, they actually let us play there from time to time. Yet any organisation must examine itself and the way it works from time to time. Synonyms sometimes, occasionally, now and again, now and then, every now and again, every now and then, every so often, once in a while, every once in a while, on occasion, on occasions, on the odd occasion, off and on, at times, at intervals, periodically, sporadically, spasmodically, erratically, irregularly, intermittently, by fits and starts, in fits and starts, fitfully, discontinuously, piecemeal Origin Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse frá (see fro). prep.1 phr.
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