无从 wú cóng — not to have access/beyond one's authority or capability/sth one has no way of doing

无从
wú cóng

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Definitions

  1. not to have access/beyond one's authority or capability/sth one has no way of doing

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. not to have access
  2. beyond one's authority or capability
  3. sth one has no way of doing

zdic(汉典)

  1. 找不到方法或途径。
  2. 不依从。
  3. 缺乏相应的外物匹配。

ExtDict

  1. 不依从
  2. 指无随从之物。谓无外物以副其内诚
  3. 找不到门径或头绪。

Examples

  • 我无从得知。

    I have no way of knowing that.

  • 这首诗是不是莎士比亚写的，恐怕是无从考究的了。

    Whether Shakespeare wrote this poem or not will probably remain a mystery.

  • 我们爱自己的母亲，几乎不无从知晓，无从感受，就像是活着的本能。

    We love our mother almost without knowing it, without feeling it, as it is as natural as to live.