1. 最终;终于
Eventually means in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or arguments.
e.g. Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia...
最终,大部队在拉脱维亚赶上了他。
e.g. The flight eventually got away six hours late.
那个航班推迟了6个小时后终于起飞。
2. 最后;结果
Eventually means at the end of a situation or process or as the final result of it.
e.g. Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult...
最后,你的孩子会离开家,作为一个完全独立的成年人过她自己的生活。
e.g. She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.
她把那间酒吧当作一个起点,最终计划是经营自己的乡村旅馆连锁店。
Do not confuse
eventually and
finally. When something happens after a lot of delays or complications, you can say that it
eventually happens.
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. You say that something
finally happens after you have been waiting for it or expecting it for a long time.
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. 不要混淆eventually和finally。表示某事几经延迟或波折后最终发生,可以用eventually。例如,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还可以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 (结果他们被迫返回英格兰)。表示经过长时间的等待或期盼后某事终于发生时,用finally。例如,Finally I went to bed(我终于上床休息了),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:The sky turned red, then purple, and finally black(天空变成了红色,既而紫色,最后成了黑色)。