喜樂美語

The last point on a line — everything else has already happened, and this is what comes at the end. From that one position the word picks up different colours: relief when the end took too long to arrive, a signal to the listener when you reach the last item on your list, and a sense of settledness when the end is one nothing can be changed after.

可以想成：一條線上的最後一個點——前面的事都過去了，這是收尾的那一下。從這同一個位置出發，這個字會染上不同的顏色：等太久才等到，就帶著鬆一口氣的味道；講到清單上最後一項，就成了提醒聽眾的訊號；而如果這個結尾是「之後不能再改」的那種，它就帶上了定案的分量。

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意思相近

at lastlastlyconclusivelyeventuallylast of alldefinitivelyin the endin conclusiononce and for allat long lastlast but not leastfor good+1

意思相反

immediatelyfirstprovisionallyright awayfirstlytemporarilyat onceto begin withtentativelyat firstto start with

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

finallyadv/ˈfaɪ.nə.li/

  • 1

    At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

    • The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
  • 2

    At bottom; ultimately; when all is considered.

    • In a world in which "like singing,/ the next day's shriek for ease rises," in a world whose "survivors" are "capable of any cry, never done/ clasping in the city's shaken places," it is perhaps not surprising to find a dehumanizing but finally protective system of alienation imposing itself.
    • Cyberneticism is, finally, a refined form of scientism, and therefore it is also more dangerous. This form of scientism is not based on linear causality, as mechanistic thought is; rather, it is based on circular causality.
  • 3

    To finish (with); lastly (in the present).

    • Finally, I washed my dog.
    • Finally, I'd like to thanks all the people who helped to make it this far.
  • 4

    mannerDefinitively, comprehensively.

    • The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。