from/frəm;frɒm/

prep

1. [表示起点] 从…起，始于

• Dinner is served from 8. 晚餐从8点起开始供应。

• The train starts from Paris. 火车从巴黎开出。

2. [表示出处,来源] 从…之中

• draw water from the tap 从水龙头中取水

• a sentence quoted from Shaw 引自萧伯纳的文句

• I have not heard from her for three months. 我已经三个月没有得到她的消息了。

3. [表示观察方位，根据] 从，据

• The guerrilla saw the enemies from the hill. 游击队员从山上看到了敌人。

4. [表示原因,动机] 由于,因为

• die from fatigue 劳累而死

• He was mad from jealousy. 他因嫉妒而发狂。

5. [表示原料] 由

• Wine is made from grapes. 葡萄酒由葡萄酿制而成。

6. [表示变化] 从

• From being the victim he became the attacker. 他从受害者变成了进攻者

7. [表示离开，脱离] 离

• five hundred miles from home 离家五百里

8. [表示解除、免掉、排斥、剥夺等]

• The enemy took his gun from him. 敌人从他手中拿走枪。

• released sb. from prison 把某人从狱中放出来

9. [表示差异,区别]

• know black from white 能辨别黑白

10. [用于表示时间、地点的副词和介词前]

• from long ago 很久以前

• from abroad 从国外

• from under the bed 从床下