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finally adv.最后；决定性地；最终 (1) 最后，这支来自阿根廷的队伍夺得了冠军。(2) 几经耽搁，他终于在八点钟出发了。(3) 最后我们把箱子搬出了门。(4) 那位病人最终死于癌症。(5) 这件事还没有最终决定。 Final means "last," so use the adjective finally to describe an end result or long-awaited satisfaction. Once the tedious dinner party was over, you finally got to go home and watch TV. If you're giving a speech and you have 14 different points that you're going to make, when you get to the last one, say, "finally..." and then make the point. You can also say, "in conclusion..." if that last point really sums it all up.

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英 ['faɪnəli] 美 ['faɪnəli] (1) Finally the team from Argentina won the championship.(2) After several delays, he finally set out at 8 o'clock.(3) Finally we got the box out of the door.(4) The patient finally died from cancer.(5) It's not finally settled yet. Finally means "at the end of a long wait." Although it seemed like it would never end, and in the middle you were cursing the day you signed up for the marathon, when you finally finished, you were overjoyed. 1[ADV 副词]终于；总算 You use finally to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen.   [ADV before v]The word was finally given for us to get on board...终于通知我们登乘了。The food finally arrived at the end of last week and distribution began...食品总算在上周末运到并开始分发。Finally, after ten hours of negotiations, the gunman gave himself up.经过 10 个小时的谈判，持枪歹徒终于投降了。2[ADV 副词]最后地；末尾地 You use finally to indicate that something is last in a series of actions or events.   [ADV with cl/group]The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy.剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧，最后又演变为悲剧。3[ADV 副词](用于引出观点等)最后，最后要说的是 You use finally in speech or writing to introduce a final point, question, or topic.   [ADV with cl]Finally, who needs the theatre?...最后要说的是，谁还需要剧院呢？And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up.最后，来谈一谈冠亚军。Usage Note :Do not confuse finally and eventually. You say that something finally happens after you have been waiting for it or expecting it for a long time. Finally usually comes at the beginning of a sentence or before a verb. Finally I went to bed... The heat of the sun finally became too much for me. You can also use finally to show that something happens last in a series of events. The sky turned red, then purple, and finally black. When something happens after a lot of delays or complications, you can say that it eventuallyhappens. Eventually they got to the hospital... I found Victoria Avenue eventually. You can also use eventually to talk about what happens at the end of a series of events, often as a result of them. Eventually, they were forced to return to England.不要混淆finally 和 eventually。finally 指经过很长时间的等待或盼望后终于发生，通常用于句首或动词前：Finally I went to bed (我终于上床睡觉了), The heat of the sun finally became too much for me(我终于受不了太阳的炙烤了)。finally 还可以表示一系列事件中最后发生的事情：The sky turned red, then purple, and finally black (天空变成了红色，然后是紫色，最后成了黑色)。eventually指某事几经延迟或波折后终于发生：Eventually they got to the hospital (他们最终来到了医院), I found Victoria Avenue eventually (我最终找到了维多利亚大街)。eventually还可表示一系列事件之后发生的事，常为这些事件的结果：Eventually, they were forced to return to England (最后他们被迫返回英格兰)。

英语单词	finally
英美音标	英 ['faɪnəli] 美 ['faɪnəli]
中文释义	adv.最后；决定性地；最终
英语例句	(1) Finally the team from Argentina won the championship. (2) After several delays, he finally set out at 8 o'clock. (3) Finally we got the box out of the door. (4) The patient finally died from cancer. (5) It's not finally settled yet.
中文例句	(1) 最后，这支来自阿根廷的队伍夺得了冠军。 (2) 几经耽搁，他终于在八点钟出发了。 (3) 最后我们把箱子搬出了门。 (4) 那位病人最终死于癌症。 (5) 这件事还没有最终决定。
vocabulary简明	Finally means "at the end of a long wait." Although it seemed like it would never end, and in the middle you were cursing the day you signed up for the marathon, when you finally finished, you were overjoyed.
vocabulary扩展	Final means "last," so use the adjective finally to describe an end result or long-awaited satisfaction. Once the tedious dinner party was over, you finally got to go home and watch TV. If you're giving a speech and you have 14 different points that you're going to make, when you get to the last one, say, "finally..." and then make the point. You can also say, "in conclusion..." if that last point really sums it all up.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]终于；总算 You use finally to suggest that something happens after a long period of time, usually later than you wanted or expected it to happen. [ADV before v] The word was finally given for us to get on board... 终于通知我们登乘了。 The food finally arrived at the end of last week and distribution began... 食品总算在上周末运到并开始分发。 Finally, after ten hours of negotiations, the gunman gave himself up. 经过 10 个小时的谈判，持枪歹徒终于投降了。 2 [ADV 副词]最后地；末尾地 You use finally to indicate that something is last in a series of actions or events. [ADV with cl/group] The action slips from comedy to melodrama and finally to tragedy. 剧情从喜剧逐渐发展为情节剧，最后又演变为悲剧。 3 [ADV 副词](用于引出观点等)最后，最后要说的是 You use finally in speech or writing to introduce a final point, question, or topic. [ADV with cl] Finally, who needs the theatre?... 最后要说的是，谁还需要剧院呢？ And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up. 最后，来谈一谈冠亚军。 Usage Note : Do not confuse finally and eventually. You say that something finally happens after you have been waiting for it or expecting it for a long time. Finally usually comes at the beginning of a sentence or before a verb. Finally I went to bed... The heat of the sun finally became too much for me. You can also use finally to show that something happens last in a series of events. The sky turned red, then purple, and finally black. When something happens after a lot of delays or complications, you can say that it eventuallyhappens. Eventually they got to the hospital... I found Victoria Avenue eventually. You can also use eventually to talk about what happens at the end of a series of events, often as a result of them. Eventually, they were forced to return to England. 不要混淆finally 和 eventually。finally 指经过很长时间的等待或盼望后终于发生，通常用于句首或动词前：Finally I went to bed (我终于上床睡觉了), The heat of the sun finally became too much for me(我终于受不了太阳的炙烤了)。finally 还可以表示一系列事件中最后发生的事情：The sky turned red, then purple, and finally black (天空变成了红色，然后是紫色，最后成了黑色)。eventually指某事几经延迟或波折后终于发生：Eventually they got to the hospital (他们最终来到了医院), I found Victoria Avenue eventually (我最终找到了维多利亚大街)。eventually还可表示一系列事件之后发生的事，常为这些事件的结果：Eventually, they were forced to return to England (最后他们被迫返回英格兰)。

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