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since 音標拼音: [s'ɪns] ad. 自那時以后
prep. 自…以后,自…以來
conj. 既然,自…以后,自…以來 自那時以後自…以後,自…以來既然,自…以後,自…以來 Since \ Since\, prep. From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object. [ 1913 Webster] The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming. -- Gen. xxx. 30. [ 1913 Webster] I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Since \ Since\, conj. Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that. [ 1913 Webster] Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed. -- Granville. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See { Because}. [ 1913 Webster]
Since \ Since\ ( s[ i^] ns), adv. [ For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending ( cf. { Besides}) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. si[ eth][ eth] an, sy[ eth][ eth] an, seo[ eth][ eth] an, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. s[ imac][ eth] after, later, adv. and prep. ( originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. s[ imac][ eth] afterward, since, OHG. s[ imac] d, G. seit since, Goth. sei[ thorn] us late, ni [ thorn] anasei[ thorn] s no longer) [ eth] on instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See { That}.] 1. From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since. [ 1913 Webster] We since become the slaves to one man' s lust. -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. [ 1913 Webster] How many ages since has Virgil writ? -- Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster] About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady' s house. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 3. When or that. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George' s field? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for " since": aeons ago, after, after all, after that, afterwards, ages ago, ago, as, as long as, as things go, back, back when, backward, because, behind, being, being as how, below, cause, considering, ever since, ex post facto, following, for, forasmuch as, from away back, from time immemorial, gone by, in that, in the aftermath, in the sequel, inasmuch as, insofar as, insomuch as, into the past, later, long since, next, parce que, reminiscently, retroactively, retrospectively, seeing, seeing as how, seeing that, since long ago, since time began, subsequent to, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereon, thereupon, therewith, until now, whereas |
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