since

美 [sɪns]

英 [sɪns]

同义词

conj.

as,because,seeing as,while

adv.

meanwhile,in the meantime,subsequently,later,since

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prep.

1.	自…以后；从…以来from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now

	She's been off work since Tuesday. 星期二以来她一直没上班。
	We've lived here since 2006. 从 2006 年开始我们便住在这里。
	I haven't eaten since breakfast. 早饭以后我还没吃过东西呢。
	He's been working in a bank since leaving school. 他中学毕业以后一直在一家银行工作。
	Since the party she had only spoken to him once. 那次聚会以后，她只和他说过一次话。
	‘They've split up.’ ‘ Since when? ’ “他们分手了。”“什么时候的事儿？”
	That was years ago. I've changed jobs since then . 那是多年以前的事了。自那以来我已经换过几个工作了。

2.	~ when? （表示气愤）何曾，什么时候used when you are showing that you are angry about sth

Since when did he ever listen to me?

他什么时候听过我的话？

conj.

1.	从…以后；自…以来from an event in the past until a later past event, or until now

	Cath hasn't phoned since she went to Berlin. 卡思自从去了柏林还没有打来过电话。
	It was the first time I'd had visitors since I'd moved to London. 那是我搬到伦敦以后第一次有人来看我。
	It's twenty years since I've seen her. 我已经二十年没见她了。
	How long is it since we last went to the theatre? 我们多久没去看戏了？
	She had been worrying ever since the letter arrived. 自从接到那封信后她就一直焦虑不安。

2.	因为；由于；既然because; as

We thought that, since we were in the area, we'd stop by and see them.

我们想，既然到了这个地方，就该顺便去看看他们。

adv.

1.	自…以后；从…以来from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now

	He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since. 他两周前离家外出，我们至今还没有他的音信。
	The original building has long since(= long before now) been demolished. 原来的建筑老早就拆了。

2.	此后；后来at a time after a particular time in the past

We were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried.

我们两年前离了婚，之后她又再婚了。