1)since+过去一个时间点(如具体的年、月、日期、钟点、1980,last month,half past six)。
例如:I have been here since 1989.1989起,我一直在这儿。
2)since+一段时间+ago.
例如:I have been here since five months ago. 我在这儿,已经有五个月了。
3)since+从句。
例如:Great changes have taken place since you left. 你走后,变化可大了。
Great changes have taken place since we were here.我们走后,变化可大了。
4)It is+一段时间+since从句。
例如:It is two years since I became a postgraduate student. 我考上研究生有两年了。
since
英[sɪns]美[sɪns]
prep.自从;在…之后;自…后
conj.自从…以来;自从…以后;自…以后;在…之后;因为;既然
adv.从此;此后;后来;之后