prep.
- 從……起，始於She is singing from morning to night.
她從早唱到晚。
- 從；由He rose from office boy to managing director in fifteen years.
他十五年裡從工友升到總經理。
- 離（開）Our school is two miles from the station.
我們學校離車站兩英里。
- 從……來；出自He comes from Shanghai.
他來自上海。
- 表示去除、免掉、阻止或剝奪等The pill will relieve you from pain.
這藥丸將使你免受痛苦。
- 表示區別或比較He is old enough to know right from wrong.
他已長大，能夠辨別是非了。
- （表示原料）由Flour is made from wheat.
麵粉由小麥製成。
- 因為，由於；出於He wasn't ill; he stayed in bed from laziness.
他沒病，躺在床上是因懶惰之故。
He is trembling from fear.他嚇得發抖。
辨析
同義:
prep.由……開始
starting at beginning with originating in away from venturing out hailing from forth out of coming fromprep.根據，因為
because of as a result of in consequence of on account of due to owing to by reason of as反義:
prep.「從……起；始於」的反義字
to同義參見:
off of反義參見:
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