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。