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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

from [frɔm]
  1. 1. preposition (indicating starting place) 来自
    where are you from?
    你来自哪里？
    to run away from home
    离家出走
    from London to Glasgow
    从伦敦到格拉斯哥
    to be back from Spain/Paris {etc}
    从西班牙/巴黎{等}回来
    viewed from above
    从上鸟瞰
    a light bulb hung from the ceiling
    从天花板上垂下的灯泡
  2. 2. preposition (indicating origin) 来自
    a present/telephone call/letter from sb
    来自某人的礼物/电话/信
    to take sth from sb/sth
    从某人/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
    从海滩到这儿有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 [frɑm] [frəm] [frɔm] [frəm,frm]
  1. 1. preposition 从，自，由；从…开始
    to leave from the station
    从车站离开
  2. 2. preposition 从…起
    from noon to midnight
    从中午到半夜
  3. 3. preposition 出于；由（何处）；由…而来，从…来，由…出来，由…产生
    to take a comb from the pocket
    从口袋拿出一把梳子
    I bought a flight ticket from Beijing to Hong Kong.
    我买了张从北京飞往香港的机票。
    The thief took my wallet from my bag.
    小偷从我包里偷走了钱包。
  4. 4. preposition 据，根据，依据；把（某人或某物）作为制造者、发送者、发言者、教师等
    a letter from Mary
    玛丽的来信
    facts learned from reading
    从阅读中得悉的事实
    I had the idea from the book I read.
    我读了一本书，由此才想到的这个主意。
  5. 5. preposition 离开（整体），脱离（统一体或联盟）
    take two from four
    四减二
  6. 6. preposition 失去…的可能性或用处；去除，免掉，阻止
    kept from going
    不让走
  7. 7. preposition 摆脱…的占有或控制
    released from jail
    释放出狱
  8. 8. preposition 识别，区别开来
    to tell one from another
    把东西区别开来
  9. 9. preposition 因，因为，由于，出于，由…引起
    to tremble from fear
    怕得发抖
    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。
  10. 10. preposition 距，离，在不近的地方；与…失去联系（常与away连用）
    away from danger
    远离危险
    far from home
    远离家乡
    I live one hour by train from my work.
    我工作的地方到我的住处乘火车需要一个小时。

Collins English-English Dictionary

from [frɑm]
  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
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Examples

Energize is formed from energy by analogy with apologize from aplogy.
Energize由energy 演变构成，以此类推，apologize 则由apology演变构成。 → analogy
He is from the South, and she is from north.
他来自南方，而她来自北方。 → south
He is from north China, and she is from south.
他来自中国北方，而她则来自南方。 → north
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。 → from
right from the beginning {or} from the very beginning
从一开始 → beginning
away from home
[US] 像家一样舒适的地方 → home
to absent oneself from classes
旷课，不去上课 → absent
to abstain from smoking
戒烟 → abstain
Evidence clarifying a document but not deriving from the document itself is evidence aliunde.
非源出文件本身的证据是旁证。 → aliunde
pick an apple from the tree
从树上摘一个苹果 → an
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