If something comes from a particular person or thing, or if you get something from them, they give it to you or they are the source of it.
He appealed for information from anyone who saw the attackers.
他呼吁任何看到袭击者的人提供信息。
an anniversary present from his wife.
他妻子送的一件结婚纪念礼物。
Someone who comes from a particular place lives in that place or originally lived there. Something that comes from a particular place was made in that place.
an art dealer from Zurich.
一名来自苏黎世的艺术品商人。
Katy Jones is nineteen and comes from Biloxi.
凯蒂·琼斯19岁,来自比洛克西。
A person from a particular organization works for that organization.
a representative from the Israeli embassy.
以色列大使馆的一位代表。
If someone or something moves or is moved from a place, they leave it or are removed, so that they are no longer there.
The guests watched as she fled from the room.
客人们看着她逃离了房间。
If you take one thing or person from another, you move that thing or person so that they are no longer with the other or attached to the other.
In many bone transplants, bone can be taken from other parts of the patient's body.
在许多骨移植手术中,骨头可以取自病人身体的其它部位。
If you take something from an amount, you reduce the amount by that much.
The $103 is deducted from Mrs Adams' salary.
这103美元是从亚当斯太太的薪水中扣除的。
From is used in expressions such as away from or absent from to say that someone or something is not present in a place where they are usually found.
Her husband worked away from home a lot.
她丈夫经常离家在外工作。
If you return from a place or an activity, you return after being in that place or doing that activity.
My son has just returned from Amsterdam.
我儿子刚刚从阿姆斯特丹回来。
If you are back from a place or activity, you have left it and have returned to your former place.
Elaine was just back from work when he called.
他打电话的时候,伊莱恩刚下班回来。
If you see or hear something from a particular place, you are in that place when you see it or hear it.
Visitors see the painting from behind a plate glass window.
参观者可以隔着平板玻璃欣赏这幅画。
If something hangs or sticks out from an object, it is attached to it or held by it.
Hanging from his right wrist is a heavy gold bracelet.
他的右腕上垂挂着的是一只沉甸甸的金手镯。
large fans hanging from ceilings.
吊挂在天花板上的大风扇。
You can use from when giving distances. For example, if a place is fifty miles from another place, the distance between the two places is fifty miles.
a small park only a few hundred yards from Zurich's main shopping centre.
一个距离苏黎世主要购物中心只有几百码的小公园。
How far is it from here?
离这儿有多远?
If a road or railway line goes from one place to another, you can travel along it between the two places.
the road from St Petersburg to Tallinn.
从圣彼得堡到塔林的路。
From is used, especially in the expression made from, to say what substance has been used to make something.
out of
bread made from white flour.
白面粉做的面包。
If something changes from one thing to another, it stops being the first thing and becomes the second thing.
The expression on his face changed from sympathy to surprise.
他脸上的表情由同情变成惊讶。
Unemployment has fallen from 7.5 to 7.2.
失业率已从7.5降至7.2。
You use from after some verbs and nouns when mentioning the cause of something.
The problem simply resulted from a difference of opinion.
问题仅因意见不同而引起。
They really do get pleasure from spending money on other people.
他们确实因把钱花在别人身上而感到快乐。
You use from when you are giving the reason for an opinion.
She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth.
她根据经验得知戴夫将要告诉她实情。
He sensed from the expression on her face that she had something to say.
他根据她脸上的表情意识到她有话要说。
You can use from when you are talking about the beginning of a period of time.
She studied painting from 1926 and also worked as a commercial artist.
她从1926年开始研究绘画,同时也是一名商业美术家。
Breakfast is available to fishermen from 6 a.m.
渔民们从早上6点起就能吃到早饭。
You say from one thing to another when you are stating the range of things that are possible, or when saying that the range of things includes everything in a certain category.
There are 94 countries represented in Barcelona, from Algeria to Zimbabwe.
包括从阿尔及利亚到津巴布韦的94个国家在巴塞罗那都设有代表处。
From is used after verbs with meanings such as 'protect', 'free', 'keep', and 'prevent' to introduce the action that does not happen, or that someone does not want to happen.
Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies.
这类法律能保护消费者免受有害或危险的治疗。