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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

since [sɪns]
  1. 1. adverb (from then onwards) 此后
    They went to college together and have done business together since.
    他们一起上的大学并从此后一起做生意。
  2. 2. adverb (latterly) 后来
    6,000 people were arrested, several hundred of whom have since been released.
    6000人被逮捕，其中几百人后来被释放。
  3. 3. preposition (from) 自...以来
    I've been here since the end of June.
    我自6月底以来一直在这儿。
  4. 4. preposition (after) 从...以后
    I haven't seen powdered eggs since the war.
    自战后我从未见过鸡蛋粉。
  5. 5. conjunction (from when) 自从
    I've been wearing glasses since I was three.
    我从3岁起就戴眼镜。
  6. 6. conjunction (after) 从...以后
    So much has changed in the sport since I was a teenager.
    自我十几岁起，这项运动已经改变了很多。
  7. 7. conjunction (as) 因为
    Since it was Saturday, he stayed in bed an extra hour.
    因为是星期六，他在床上多呆了一小时。
    since then {or} ever since
    从那时起
    long since
    很久以前

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

since [sɪns] [sɪns]
  1. 1. conjunction …以后
    two years since she died
    她死后两年
  2. 2. conjunction 从…以来
    lonely since he left
    自他离开后一直很孤独
  3. 3. conjunction 既然，因为
    Since you are finished, let's go.
    你们既然都做完了，咱们走吧。
    I've been very busy since I came back from Japan.
    我从日本回来后就一直很忙。
    Since we've got time to wait for the plane, let's have a sandwich.
    既然我们还得候机，不如一起去吃三明治吧。
  4. 4. preposition 从…以来
    out walking since one o'clock
    一点以后就一直在外散步
    We lived in this small town since 1986.
    我们自从1986年起就住在这个小镇上了。
  5. 5. preposition 此后
    There have been many changes since the war.
    战后发生了许多变化。
  6. 6. adjective 自从；从…以来
    He arrived Tuesday and remained ever since.
    他星期二到的，并一直留在这里。
    It's long since I saw her the last time.
    我很久没见过她了。
  7. 7. adjective 其后；后来
    He was ill last week but has since recovered.
    他上周得的病，尔后就康复了。
  8. 8. adjective 此前；以前
    They are long since gone.
    他们早已走了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

since [sɪns]
  1. 1. prep during or throughout the period of time after
    since May it has only rained once
  2. 2. conj [subordinating] [sometimes preceded by ever] continuously from or starting from the time when
    since we last met, important things have happened
  3. 3. conj seeing that; because
    since you have no money, you can't come
  4. 4. adv since that time
    he left yesterday and I haven't seen him since
  5. 5. adv [Etymology] Old English siththan, literally: after that; related to Old High German sid since, Latin serus late
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Examples

since then {or} ever since
从那时起 → since
He arrived Tuesday and remained ever since.
他星期二到的，并一直留在这里。 → since
He was ill last week but has since recovered.
他上周得的病，尔后就康复了。 → since
They are long since gone.
他们早已走了。 → since
out walking since one o'clock
一点以后就一直在外散步 → since
There have been many changes since the war.
战后发生了许多变化。 → since
two years since she died
她死后两年 → since
lonely since he left
自他离开后一直很孤独 → since
Since you are finished, let's go.
你们既然都做完了，咱们走吧。 → since
We came a week ago, since when we've had no rest.
我们一周前就来了，自那以后就没休息过。 → when
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