since
preposition /sɪns/
/sɪns/
) from a time in the past until a later past time, or until now与现在完成时或过去完成时连用 自…以后;从…以来 - She's been off work since Tuesday.
星期二以来她一直没上班。 - We've lived here since 2006.
从 2006 年开始我们便住在这里。 - I haven't eaten since breakfast.
早饭以后我还没吃过东西呢。 - He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
他中学毕业以后一直在一家银行工作。 - Since the party she had only spoken to him once.
那次聚会以后,她只和他说过一次话。 - ‘They've split up.’ ‘Since when?’
“他们分手了。” “什么时候的事儿?” - That was years ago. I've changed jobs since then.
那是多年以前的事了。自那以来我已经换过几个工作了。
- She's been off work since Tuesday.
- since when? used when you are showing that you are angry about something
(表示气愤)何曾,什么时候 - Since when did he ever listen to me?
他什么时候听过我的话?
- Since when did he ever listen to me?
词源late Middle English: contraction of obsolete sithence, or from dialect sin (both from dialect sithen ‘thereupon, afterwards, ever since’).