NounsHSK 4
Expressing "ever since" with 以来
Place 以来 after a time or event to indicate "ever since" that moment up to the present. The expression typically starts a sentence. In formal contexts, you can add a preceding preposition like 从 or 自 to create a "sandwich" construction, but in casual speech just 以来 is enough.
Estrutura
Time / Event + 以来 ，⋯⋯
从 / 自 / 自从 + Time / Event + 以来 ，⋯⋯
formal/written
Exemplos
- 今年八月以来，这里一直没下过雨。Jīn nián bā yuè yǐ lái, zhè lǐ yì zhí méi xià guò yǔ.It hasn't rained since August of this year.
- 结婚以来，我们没吵过架。Jié hūn yǐ lái, wǒ men méi chǎo guò jià.Since we got married we haven't had a fight.
- 上大学以来，他变了很多。Shàng dà xué yǐ lái, tā biàn le hěn duō.Since starting college, he's changed a lot.
- 从他爸爸去世以来，他就没有回过家。Cóng tā bà ba qù shì yǐ lái, tā jiù méi yǒu huí guò jiā.He hasn't returned home since his father passed away.
- 从我学汉语以来，我认识了很多中国朋友。Cóng wǒ xué hàn yǔ yǐ lái, wǒ rèn shi le hěn duō zhōng guó péng you.Since I started studying Chinese, I've made a lot of Chinese friends.
Palavras que usam isto
- 以来yǐ láisince (a previous event)
- 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)