1. 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.
e.g. The word was finally given for us to get on board...
终于通知我们登乘了。
e.g. 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。
2. 最后地;末尾地
You use finally to indicate that something is last in a series of actions or events.
e.g. 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. (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.
e.g. Finally, who needs the theatre?...
最后要说的是,谁还需要剧院呢?
e.g. And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up.
最后,来谈一谈冠亚军。
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)。