after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
as the end result of a succession or process;
"ultimately he had to give in"
"at long last the winter was over"
the item at the end;
"last, I'll discuss family values"
双语例句
1. At approxi-mately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search.
大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。
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2. He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.
他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。
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3. Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month.
几部让人翘首企盼的录像片终于将在这个月到货。
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4. The minutes towards departure ticked by, until finally the pilot arrived.
离出发的时间越来越近，最后飞行员终于到了。
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5. He finally admitted that his film career was kaput.
他最终承认他的电影生涯走到尽头了。
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用作副词 (adv.)
Finally the team from Argentina won the championship. 最后，这支来自阿根廷的队伍夺得了冠军。
After several delays, he finally set out at 8 o'clock. 几经耽搁，他终于在八点钟出发了。
Finally we got the box out of the door. 最后我们把箱子搬出了门。
The patient finally died from cancer. 那位病人最终死于癌症。
It's not finally settled yet. 这件事还没有最终决定。
用作副词 (adv.)
It's not finally settled yet. 这事还没有最后解决。
They talked about it for hours.Finally, they decided not to go. 关于此事他们议论了数小时,最后决定不去了。
用法讲解
adv. (副词)
finally, at last, in the end
这三者都可表示“最后”。其区别在于:
1.in the end的意思是经过许多变化、困难和捉摸不定的情况之后,某事才发生。例如:
We made eight different plans for our holiday, but in the end we went to Harbin again .我们定了八种不同的度假方案,但是最后我们又一次去了哈尔滨。
2.at last指一个动作从发生一直延续到结束,意思是“终于”。例如:
In spite of every obstacle, we arrived at last.冲破种种障碍,我们终于到达了。
Her wish to be a doctor has come true at last.她想做一个医生的愿望终于实现了。
She felt joyful at the prospect of seeing him at last.她为终将看到他而感到欣喜。
3.finally在列举事物时可以用来引出最后一项内容,或者是直接放在动词之前, in the end和at last则不能。例如:
We need to increase productivity.We need to reduce unemployment.And finally, we need to make our exports competitive on world market.我们需要提高生产力,我们需 要降低失业率; 最后我们还需要使我们的出口商品在国际市场上具有竞争力。
They finally cracked the defence and scored a goal.他们终于突破了防守,射进一球。
4.finally在主观上有“等了好久才…”的含义。例如:
After toying it three times, we finally managed to have a holiday in Greece.经过三次延期之后,我们终于在希腊度了一次假。
What by policy and (what by) force they finally liberated that town.部分用策略,部分用武力,他们终于解放了那个城镇。
