(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result;
"therefore X must be true" "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory" "we were young and thence optimistic" "it is late and thus we must go" "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
from this place;
"get thee hence!"
from this time;
"a year hence it will be forgotten"
例句
用作副词(adv.)
It is very late; hence you must go to bed.时间已经很晚了，因此你必须睡觉去。
It's handmade and hence expensive.这是手工做的, 因此很贵。
I fell off my bike yesterday hence the bruises.我昨天骑自行车摔倒了--所以青一块、 紫一块的。
The sports meet will be held three days hence.运动会在三天后举行。
Hence the hen cries whenever it sees a chicken.从此每当那只母鸡看见小鸡时就叫。
We have no chance to meet each other a week hence.我们今后一星期没有见面的机会了。
