单词 | since |
释义 | since ![]() adv. 1. From then until now or between then and now: They left town and haven't been here since. 2. Before now; ago: a name long since forgotten. 3. After some point in the past; at a subsequent time: My friend has since married and moved to California. prep. 1. Continuously from: They have been friends since childhood. 2. Intermittently from: She's been skiing since childhood. conj. 1. During the period subsequent to the time when: He hasn't been home since he graduated. 2. Continuously from the time when: They have been friends ever since they were in grade school. 3. Inasmuch as; because: Since you're not interested, I won't tell you about it. [Middle English sinnes, contraction of sithenes : sithen, since (from Old English siththan : sīth, after + than, variant of thām, dative of thæt, that; see THAT) + -es, adv. suff.; see -S3.] |
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