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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

from [frɔm]
  1. 1. preposition (indicating starting place) 来自
    where are you from?
    来自哪里
    to run away from home
    离家出走
    from London to Glasgow
    伦敦格拉斯哥
    to be back from Spain/Paris {etc}
    西班牙/巴黎{等}回来
    viewed from above
    从上鸟瞰
    a light bulb hung from the ceiling
    天花板垂下灯泡
  2. 2. preposition (indicating origin) 来自
    a present/telephone call/letter from sb
    来自某人礼物/电话/信
    to take sth from sb/sth
    某人/某物处拿某物
  3. 3. preposition (with time,distance,price,numbers) 从
    from January (on)
    从1月(开始)
    from one o'clock to {or} until two
    从1点直到2点
    it's 1 km from the beach
    海滩这儿有1公里
    a long way from home
    离家很远
    prices starting from £10
    从10镑起价
    unemployment has fallen from 7.5% to 7.2%
    失业率已经从7.5%降至7.2%
    six from ten leaves four
    10减去6还剩4
  4. 4. preposition (because of,on the basis of) 根据
    from what he says
    根据他所说的
    from what I understand
    据我所了解
  5. 5. preposition made from (out of) 用…做成

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

from [frɒm] [frəm]
  1. 1. preposition 从……起,自……起
  2. 2. preposition 从……起,自……开始
  3. 3. preposition 来自源于,由……产生
  4. 4. preposition 从……来的,从……获得依据……
  5. 5. preposition 离开脱离
  6. 6. preposition 阻止,使免于,使免遭
  7. 7. preposition 识别区别,与……区分开
  8. 8. preposition 因为由于考虑到
  9. 9. preposition 距,离,与……分离

Collins English-English Dictionary

from [frɒm]
  1. 1. prep used to indicate the original location, situation, etc
    from Paris to Rome
    from behind the bushes
    from childhood to adulthood
  2. 2. prep in a period of time starting at
    he lived from 1910 to 1970
  3. 3. prep used to indicate the distance between two things or places
    a hundred miles from here
  4. 4. prep used to indicate a lower amount
    from five to fifty pounds
  5. 5. prep showing the model of
    painted from life
  6. 6. prep used with the gerund to mark prohibition, restraint, etc
    nothing prevents him from leaving
  7. 7. prep because of
    exhausted from his walk
  8. 8. prep [Etymology] Old English fram; related to Old Norse fra, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram from, Greek promos foremost

Examples

He is from the South, and she is from north.
他来自南方,而她来自北方。
The books were dirty from the dust that came from the sandstorm.
这些书被沙尘暴带来的灰尘弄脏了。
right from the beginning {or} from the very beginning
从一开始
away from home
[US] 像家一样舒适的地方
My mother was angry because I was supposed to pick her up from the airport but I couldn't tear myself away from my Wii.
我妈妈很生气,因为我沉迷于玩Wii游戏机没去机场接她。
In order to protect it and its inhabits from the giants, Odin and his brother surrounded the earth with a fence made from the eyebrows of the Ymir.
为了保护地球以及地球上的居民免受巨人们的攻击,奥丁以及他的兄弟用伊米尔的眉毛做成一道篱笆,围在地球周围。
People smoke for the nicotine from cigarettes but die from the tar.
人们为了尼古丁而吸烟,却因焦油而丧命。

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