at last / in the end / finally三者都可作“最后;终于”解,但用法有所不同.at last只能指时间位置,而不能指时间顺序,在语义上指经过,周折,等待,耽搁后的“最后,终于”得到所期待的结果.1 At last ,he passed the exam .最后他终于通过了考试.(可用in the end代替)2 His chance came at last.他的机会终于来了.(强调他为获得此机会进行的各种努力.)3 The war had been long and hard,but now there was peace at last.经过漫长而艰苦的战争,现在和平终于到来了.finally 指一系列事物或论点的顺序,在列举事物时可以用来引出最后一项内容 finally 在意义上与用法上与at last 有共同之处,但也有不同.finally 既可指时间位置(相当于at last和in the end),也可指时间的先后顺序.finally 有两个用法:一是在列举事物或论点时,可用来引出最后一项内容;二是用在句中动词前面,表示“等了好久才……”.eg.Finally Id like to thank you all for your coming .最后我要感谢诸位的光临.(不能用at last)2 They waited and waited ,and the concert finally started.他们等啊等啊,最后音乐会终于开始了.3 Three policemen rode past on their motorbikes ,then came the TV broadcasting car and finally the Marathon runners.三个警察骑着摩托过去了,接着来了电视广播车,最后过来的是马拉松赛跑选手.in the end 表示结局,有时可与at last 换用,不同的是in the end 也可以用于指将来时,其余两个则不行.(1)All will come right in the end .到头来一切都会好的.(2)He tried many times to pass the examination ,and in the end he succeeded.他多次努力想通过考试,最后成功了.at last和finally可用于说明某事在长期的等待或期盼后终于发生了。 at last可用于句末。 the storm that had threatened for so long broke at last. 一直预示着要来临的暴风雨终于突然来了。 finally通常用于句首或动词之前。 after another search on the map they finally located it. 在地图上重新搜索一番以后,他们终于找到了它的位置。 finally也用于谈及一系列的行为或结果中的最后一个。 trotsky lived in turn in turkey, france, norway and finally mexico. 托洛茨基曾先后在土耳其、法国和挪威住过,最后住在墨西哥。 lets come finally to the question of pensions. 最后,让我们谈谈养老金问题。 谈及经过一段长时间或漫长过程后发生的情况,用in the end,意为“终于”。 "perhaps the police got him in the end," sam said. “可能警方最后终于逮住了他,”山姆说。 the performance was quite a success in the end. 演出终于十分成功。 in the end, peter seemed quite happy and so did i. 最后,彼得似乎很开心。我也如此。 lastly意为“最后”,用于谈及一系列人或物中的最后一个。 then i went through the bathroom and lastly the bed-sitting room. 然后,我穿过浴室,最后穿过卧室兼起居室。 lastly he jabbed the knife hard into the trunk of the tree. 最后,他把刀猛力刺在树干上。 强调在已提及的人或物之后再也没有其他人或物时可用last of all。 in rapid succession his friends faces appear and disappear, last of all he sees lewis seidels maddening smile. 他朋友的脸一张接一张很快地展现又消失。最后,他看到刘易斯·赛德尔那张令人恼火的笑脸。 last of all came the cat. 最后来的是猫。