from用于说明某种动作或情况从什么时候开始,并不说明持续时间长短,例如:
She studied English from the age of three.
(她从三岁开始学英语。)
Since则表示持续至说话时刻的动作或情况开始于什么时候,通常与完成时连用,例如:
I haven’t been well since the summer.
(自从夏天以来我身体不怎么好。)
since: 从...以后; 从...时起,强调的是过去某一点之后,或那时和现在之间。
.They left town and haven't been here since.
他们离开了镇子,从那以后再也没有来过这儿
from: 用来表示做为起点的特定地点或时间,强调的是过去某一点。
.walked home from the station;
从家走到车站;
.from six o'clock on.
从六点钟开始
not
since
1975
has
there
been
such
a
time
in
australian
politics.
从1975年以来在澳大利亚政治史上还没有过这样的时刻。
not
since
the
reagan
years
has
a
surgeon
general
been
a
household
name.
自里根时代后,还没有一位家喻户晓的卫生部长。