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since

英 /sɪns/ 美 /sɪns/

conj. 因为；由于；既然；自…以来；自…以后

prep. 自…以来；自…以后

adv. 后来

短语

• 1

  ever since

  adv. 从那时到现在

• 2

  long since

  很久以前；从前

• 3

  since when

  自什么时候起，打什么时候开始

例句

• 1

  We’ve been waiting here since two o’clock.

  我们从两点钟开始就在这里等了。

• 2

  I haven’t played rugby since I left university.

  我大学毕业后就没打过橄榄球。

• 3

  She left London ten years ago, and I haven’t seen her since.

  她十年前离开伦敦，此后我再没有见过她。

• 4

  The factory has been here since the 1970s.

  这家工厂从 20 世纪 70 年代起就在这里了。

• 5

  It was exactly five years since her father had died.

  从她父亲去世到现在正好满五年。

• 6

  Since the end of the war, over five thousand prisoners have been released.

  自从战争结束以后，已有五千多名战俘获释。

• 7

  He lost his job five years ago, but has since found other work.

  他五年前失去工作，但此后找到了其他工作。

• 8

  I left school in 1995, and since then I’ve lived in London.

  我 1995 年离开学校，此后就在伦敦生活。

• 9

  About six thousand people were arrested, several hundred of whom have since been released.

  约六千人被逮捕，不过他们中有几百人后来被释放了。

同根词

同近义词

conj.因为；由于；既然；自…以来；自…以后

because / for / seeing / when / now /

adv.后来

after / subsequently / later on /