▲ since 之前加ever,除了强调没有其他意思。常见的表达有:ever since, ever before, ever after, ever afterwards 等。
▲ since 和ever since,都可以用作:副词(单独使用);介词(接名词性词语);连词(接从句)
▲ ever 用来强调程度的其他一些搭配:(在语料库中,分别输入:ever so, ever such, ever more,即可查到许多例句)
1. ever用在so之前表示强调:I am ever so sorry. He has ever so much money.
2. ever用在such之前表示强调:He is ever such a clever man.
3. ever 用在比较级之前表示强调,“越来越”: The situation has become ever more serious. 情况变得越来越严重了。
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ever since除了比since更强调,在引导时间状语从句时,的确有区别。
众所周知,在since时间从句中用非持续性动词时,时间的计算应从该动作发生之时开始;若是用持续性动词,时间的计算则应从该动作结束之时开始。如:
① I haven’t seen him since he left Wuhan. 自从他离开武汉以来,我一直没见过他。(这里的left为非持续性动词,时间的计算应从left的动作发生之时开始。)
② I haven’t seen him since he lived in Wuhan. 自从他不住在武汉以来,我一直没见过他。(这里的lived为持续性动词,时间的计算应从lived的动作结束之时开始。)
以上的句①和句②的意思基本相同。但句②since从句中的谓语lived的意义是否定的。
▲任何语法规则都具有相对的真理性,例外情况总是难免的。有时,since从句中持续性动词也可以表示动作或状态延续到现在,时间的起点从动作或状态发生之时算起,但这类句子有的可以从意义上判断,有的则需要用ever来加强since的语义。如:
I have known him (ever) since I was a child.我自孩提时代起就已经认识他了。
We have enjoyed the beautiful scenery around us ever since we stayed here.自从我们呆在这儿以来,饱尝了周围美丽的景色。
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《朗文当代高级英语辞典》第5版指出:ever since ( = all the time since)
赵振才教授编著的《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版第四版指出:ever 是个强化语,放在 since 之前是用来表达说话人强调主句动作或状态持续时间很长的口气的。如果要表达主句动作或状态的持续时间之短,就不能使用 ever ,请比较:You have been reading to me ever since James went out. 自从詹姆斯走后你就一直在给我朗读。It is just a week since we arrived. 我们来了才一个星期。
同意刘老师的解答观点
(1)ever since是since语气加强版
I have known him ever since he was a child.
他从小我就认识他了。
We have lived in Shanghai ever since we came to China.
自从我们来到中国之后就住在上海。
(2)以上所说的 ever since 作为连词。
ever since 也可作为副词,解释“此后”(从那时就一直...)
He fell ill at Christmas and has been ill ever since.
他在圣诞节生病了此后就一直不适。
He left home last year and has been away ever since.
他去年离家走了,此后一直在外面。
He fell off his horse a week ago and has been in bed ever since.
一周前他从马背上跌下来,从那以后就一直躺在床上。
He went to Turkey in 1950 and has lived there ever since.
他在1950年去土耳其,此后就一直住在那里。
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