We suspect they are trying to hide something,hence the need for an independent inquiry.分析

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We suspect they are trying to hide something,hence the need for an independent inquiry.分析
这句后半句中hence是副词怎么接了个名词性成分?

答案

译：我们猜测他们试图在隐瞒些什么,所以才需要建立一个独立调查委员会.
hence是因此,所以的意思,较正式,多用于书面语.
强调就是因为有前面所说的内容,才必需后面所讲的结果.
这里你可以看成是hence后面省略相同的主语“they”,即 hence (they have )the need for .
例句：The Bible is written largely in Hebrew,hence the name Hebrew Bible.
圣经中很大篇幅都是用希伯来文写的,所以叫希伯来圣经.
这里,hence 后面主语其实就是指前面圣经,hence the name (of it is) Hebrew Bible.