| 词组 | Since |
| 释义 | Since
自从……以来;自从……以后： We have not seen him since last year. 自从去年以来我们没有见过他。 The patient has eaten nothing since yesterday. 病人从昨天以来什么也没有吃。 He has been staying with us since his father’s death. 自从他父亲故去以后，他一直跟我们在一起。 She has not been home since her marriage. 自从她结婚以后，她没有回过家。 His mother has been in good health since then. 从那时以后他母亲身体一直很好。 We have not heard from our friend since Christmas. 从圣诞节以后我们没有收到过我们朋友的来信。 ◆ 本词也是连接词，词义为： 自从……以来;自从……以后(引起时间状语从句) We have both changed muchsince we parted. 自从我们分别以来，我们的变化都很大。 It is two years since he wrote to us last. 自从他上次给我们写信以来，已经两年了。 No one has ever seen him since he left our school. 自从他离开我们学校以后，没有人见过他。 既然;由于(引起原因状语从句) Since force is no remedy，let us try reconciliation. 既然动武力无济于事，让我们用和解的方法。 Since he does not want to collaborate with us on the work，we are obliged to look for another collaborator. 既然他不想跟我们在那件作品上合作，我们只好寻找别人合作。 ◆ 本词也是副词，词义为： 其后;后来;自昔迄今;以前： He returned half a year ago and has since been in his home town. 他半年以前回来，一直到现在仍居住在他的家乡。 I received a letter from him last year and have not received from him since. 我去年接到过他一封信，从那以后就一直再没接到过他的信。 We once met him two years ago and have not seen him since. 我们两年前遇到过他一次，从那时起一直没再见过他。 He departed from the city many years since. 他许多年以前离开该城市。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津： 天津科学技术出版社. 2003 第784页. |
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