eventually

英 [ɪˈventʃuəli]

美 [ɪˈventʃuəli]

adv.  最后; 终于

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1089 / COCA.1106

牛津词典

adv.

• 最后；终于
  at the end of a period of time or a series of events
  1. Our flight eventually left five hours late.
     我们的班机最终晚了五个小时起飞。
  2. I'll get round to mending it eventually.
     我最后会抽出时间来修理它的。
  3. She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and eventually work for ‘The Times’.
     她希望先在当地报社找一份工作，最终去《泰晤士报》工作。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 最终;终于
  Eventuallymeans in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or arguments.
  1. Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia...
     最终，大部队在拉脱维亚赶上了他。
  2. The flight eventually got away six hours late.
     那个航班推迟了6个小时后终于起飞。
• ADV 最后;结果
  Eventuallymeans at the end of a situation or process or as the final result of it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 confuseeventuallyandfinally. When something happens after a lot of delays or complications, you can say that iteventuallyhappens.Eventually they got to the hospital... I found Victoria Avenue eventually.You can also useeventuallyto 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 somethingfinallyhappens 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 usefinallyto 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）。

英英释义

adv

• after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
  Synonym:finally

双语例句

• She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced
  她和她丈夫渐行渐远，最后他们离婚了。
• Eventually, they had to reinforce the walls with exterior beams.
  最终，他们不得不通过增加外梁来对墙体进行加固。
• Eventually we will not have enough water to go around.
  最终，我们将没有足够的水供大家喝。
• He eventually constructed a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore
  他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。
• They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt
  他们最终能捞回全部或大部分的债务。
• She has eventually finished the job.
  她总算完事了。
• He visited Paris and eventually settled there
  他造访了巴黎，并最终在那儿定居下来。
• I did eventually find what I was after.
  我最终找到了我想要的东西。
• She eventually cut her own album.
  她终于录制了自己的专辑。
• These powers were eventually passed to municipalities.
  这些权力最终移交给了各市当局。