1用法
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。
2基本字义
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
