中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒252

[正] I have known him from a child.

. I have known him since his childhood.

注：從過去某一時期到現(xiàn)在為止，英語要用現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài)，介詞就用 since，但有時不說“迄”(till)也可以說“起”(from)的，即用“from + 普通名詞”代替“since + 抽象名詞”。但在 from 后也同樣可接抽象名詞，所以不說 He has been blind since childhood，而說 He has been blind from childhood. 也是一樣。