Since her modeling days in New York, Gabrielle had developed a taste for rich food and rich men.

——Desperate Housewives

自從她開始在紐約當(dāng)模特以來, 她對食物和有錢男人的品味漸漸提高。

——《絕望主婦》

一、關(guān)于since，你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

adv.

此后；后來?

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

約6,000 人被捕，后來其中的幾百人又被釋放了。

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conj.

1.從...以后；自...以來

I have lived here since I was born.

自打出生，我就住在這兒。

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2.因為；由于；既然

Since I am busy, would you attend to the matter for me?

因為我忙，你能代我處理這件事嗎？

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prep.

自...以后；從...以來

She had a sort of breakdown some years ago, and since then she has been very shy.

幾年前她得了神經(jīng)衰弱，自那以后就變得十分靦腆。

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二、詞義辨析：哪些詞匯能表示原因

as, because, for, since

這些連詞均含有“因為”之意。

as從屬連詞，語意較because, since弱，著重在主句，所表示的原因或理由是“附帶的”。

because從屬連詞，語意強(qiáng)，著重直接的原因或理由，所引出的從句是全句的重心，用以回答why提出的問題。

for并列連詞，語氣較弱，所引出的句子一般放在后面，表示附帶說明的理由或推斷理由。

since語意比because弱，但比as強(qiáng)，一般用于表示“由于大家已知的事實”。

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三、最后，做個填詞游戲吧

It's twenty years ______ I've seen her.
我已經(jīng)二十年沒見她了。 ?