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Since her modeling days in New York, Gabrielle had developed a taste for rich food and rich men.
——Desperate Housewives
自从她开始在纽约当模特以来, 她对食物和有钱男人的品味渐渐提高。
——《绝望主妇》
一、关于since,你应该知道的用法有
adv.
此后;后来
About six thousand people were arrested, several hundred of whom have since been released.
约6,000 人被捕,后来其中的几百人又被释放了。
conj.
1.从...以后;自...以来
I have lived here since I was born.
自打出生,我就住在这儿。
2.因为;由于;既然
Since I am busy, would you attend to the matter for me?
因为我忙,你能代我处理这件事吗?
prep.
自...以后;从...以来
She had a sort of breakdown some years ago, and since then she has been very shy.
几年前她得了神经衰弱,自那以后就变得十分腼腆。
二、词义辨析:哪些词汇能表示原因
as, because, for, since
这些连词均含有“因为”之意。
as从属连词,语意较because, since弱,着重在主句,所表示的原因或理由是“附带的”。
because从属连词,语意强,着重直接的原因或理由,所引出的从句是全句的重心,用以回答why提出的问题。
for并列连词,语气较弱,所引出的句子一般放在后面,表示附带说明的理由或推断理由。
since语意比because弱,但比as强,一般用于表示“由于大家已知的事实”。
三、最后,做个填词游戏吧
It's twenty years ______ I've seen her.
我已经二十年没见她了。 |
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