Question

关于It is...since...究竟怎么翻译 麻烦了。。。

It is five years since he became a soldier.他当兵已经五年了。

It is five years since he was a soldier..他不当兵已经五年了。

It is ten years since I smoked.表示“我戒烟十年了” （此处为延续性 对吧？）
It is ten years since I started smoking.则表示“我吸烟十年了”. （此处为非延续性 对吧？）
也就是说延续性反译 非延续性直译 对吗？ 另外，以上的is都可以改成has been吗？
对于此题：2.They asked me to have a drink with them.I said it was nine years since I______a good drink.

A.enjoyed B. was enjoying C. had enjoyed D. had been enjoying
此处的enjoy究竟可不可延续？根据题意，应该反译。如果不可延续，不是选B吗？为什么答案是C呢？C是个什么东西？ 对于此句The door has been opened(不是has been open){这里的has been opened表示的是短暂还是延续？

另外，对于It is 3 years since I tidied up smoking. It is 3 year since I had tidied up smoking. 分别是延续还是非延续。分别怎么翻译？

再另外It is 5 years since I have lived here. 此句有错吗？since后面不一定跟过去时句子吗？
tidy up 是 give up 我搞错了

追问：
首先，对于此类句子有一个明确的规律吗？延续性直译？非延续性反译？还是不能这么看，一定得靠语感？另外become不是非延续性而was是延续性吗？我怎么觉得你倒过来说了？2.They asked me to have a drink with them.I said it was nine years since I______a good drink.
A.enjoyed B. was enjoying C. had enjoyed D. had been enjoying
这句为什么要用C而不用B呢？（还是不懂）如用B成了什么意思？
It is 3 years since I gived up smoking. It is 3 year since I have given up smoking. 这样有错吗？ 分别是延续还是非延续。分别怎么翻译？

Answer 1

It is ... since X 的句型真的很让人困惑，但问题不在于 since 的含义，
since X 的意思是“从 X 到现在”，这是没有争议的。

It is five years since he became a soldier =》他成为军人到现在已经 5 年了
句子的 He became a soldier 意味着他现在还是个军人。(became，成为，是延续性动词。）
It is five years since he was a soldier =》他不当兵已经五年了
这里，he WAS a soldier 的 was 意味他以前是军人（现在已不是）。
was 不是延续性动词。

同样地
It was nine years since I had enjoyed a good drink.
是说
我没有享受 a good drink 已经9 年了。
（这个理解来自过去时态 was 和过去完成时态 had enjoyed 。was 和 had enjoyed 没有延续性）。

“tidy up smoking” 这个说法我好像没看到。

对母语非英语的人，这些区别很使人困惑，理解这些句子的不同含义需要语感（即长时间的语言接触），不能仅从单词的字面意思看出来。

It is 5 years since I have lived here.

没有错，意思是
我住这里已经 5 年了。（现在还住在这里。）

追问

抱歉我还不懂，能查看上面“追问”的部分再解答一下吗？
另一：The fineness and softness of the dre (catch) her attention.是catch还是catches?
The size and color of the shirt that I told you is correct. 为何is呢？凡是A and B of C都把A and B看作整体？

追答

追问：
首先，对于此类句子有一个明确的规律吗？延续性直译？非延续性反译？还是不能这么看，一定得靠语感？另外become不是非延续性而was是延续性吗？我怎么觉得你倒过来说了？2.Theyasked me to have a drink with them. I said it was nine years since I______agood drink.
A.enjoyed B. was enjoying C. had enjoyed D. had been enjoying
这句为什么要用C而不用B呢？（还是不懂）如用B成了什么意思？

答：
这问题确实涉及语感，因为仅看字面意思你根本无法知道
it was nine years since I had enjoyed a good drink.
究竟是延续性还是非延续性。这种看似有歧义的句子是要从语境和语感来理解的。
要领悟句子的意思，关键是前半句的 It was 9 years ...
was （过去时）说明 enjoyed a good drink 是过去的事，即他现在已经不喝酒了。

另一：The fineness and softness of the dre (catch) her attention.是catch还是catches?
The size and color of the shirt that I told you is correct. 为何is 呢？凡是Aand B of C都把A and B看作整体？

答：
第一句的正确动词是 catch ，
第二句的正确动词是 are ，
句子的主语是
The fineness AND softness 和 The size AND color
它们是复数主语。
第二句用 is 动词是错的。

追问

It has been three years since the couple are married.此处是离婚3年吗？换成get则是结婚三年吗？还有此处谓语动词用三单式还是复数式。 对于英语非母语的人，有几个问题很麻烦：class group family等词虽说强调个体当复数，强调整体当单数但其实还是很难区分 还有冠词the的问题几复数不复数问题

追答

你对单词 since 的纠结我完全可以理解。Since 是特别有歧义的单词，作为 50 多年在英语环境里生活的人，我可以老实对你说，不只是你，很多母语为英语的人也常为这个单词烦恼。

一言以蔽之，这类句子的准确含义需要从上下文理解出来。

话说回来，It has been three years since the couple are married 这句话意味他们仍旧处于结婚状态。
为何这样分析呢？简单的理由，就是母语为英语的人会认为，若是他们已经离了婚，正确的表达应该是
It has been three years since the couple were divorced.

**** 这其实也就是理解这类句子的含义的一个诀窍 -- 即想一想，如果意思相反的话，其表达方式是否不同。

至于句子里 couple 要接单数动词还是复数动词，今天这仍旧是有争议的一个问题。

满意请采纳，谢。

追问

我的追问呢！？

Answer 2

1.你说得对，句型it is +一段时间+ since 时间状语从句，这时从句用一般过去时。（此句的is= has been）
如果前面主句是it was +一段时间+ since从句时，从句用过去完成时。
这是一定的。此外延续性和非延续性动词你也说得对。
2. The door has been opened(不是has been open){这里的has been opened表示的是短暂还是延续？
你问的这个问题，因不属于这个句型。所以谈不上延续和非延续。
3. It is 3 year since I had tidied up smoking这个时态不对。所以是个病句。
这句中的tidy up是整理的意思。，所以此句不通顺。

追问

你的意思是 延续性一定反译 非延续性一定直译 对吗？ 那对于此题：2.They asked me to have a drink with them.I said it was nine years since I had enjoyed a good drink.此处
had enjoyed有无延续性，如没有，那岂不是应直译成我享受good drink已经九年了，为什么还反译呢？

追答

enjoy是延续性动词，所以这句是 ：有九年我都没有这么痛快地喝了