eventually

adv.

1. 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。

1. ADV 最终;终于
   Eventually means 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。
2. ADV 最后;结果
   Eventually means 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 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）。

1. I did eventually find what I was after.
   我最终找到了我想要的东西。
2. When I eventually stopped and lifted the bonnet, the noise seemed to be coming from the alternator.
   当我最终停下车打开引擎盖后，发现噪声似乎是从交流发电机中传出来的。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. She eventually cut her own album.
   她终于录制了自己的专辑。
6. 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。
7. Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia
   最终，大部队在拉脱维亚赶上了他。
8. The flight eventually got away six hours late.
   那个航班推迟了6个小时后终于起飞。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Eventually, he was excommunicated along with his mentor
    最后，他和他的导师一起被开除教籍。
12. Eventually he was happy that the sills and doors were a reasonably good fit.
    门槛和门扇算是贴合良好，他终于开心了。
13. All machines give out eventually
    最终，所有的机器都停止了运转。
14. 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。
15. Eventually she was fired from her job at a publishing house.
    最后她就职的那家出版社把她解雇了。
16. All the interested parties eventually agreed to the idea.
    所有利益相关方最终都同意了这一想法。
17. Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution
    达尔文最终提出了生物进化的模型。
18. These powers were eventually passed to municipalities.
    这些权力最终移交给了各市当局。
19. It's thought she may eventually accept a peerage and move to the House of Lords.
    人们认为她最终可能接受贵族头衔，进入上议院。
20. I eventually got a place at York University
    我最终进了约克大学。
21. He eventually took Charlie's place in a popular Latin band.
    他最终在一个很受欢迎的拉丁乐队中取代了查利的位置。
22. I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
    我终于认识到自己不得不改变对医务工作的看法。
23. Eventually even their economic predominance was to suffer.
    甚至最终，连他们在经济上的主导地位也会受损。
24. Troops eventually quelled the unrest.
    军队最终平息了动乱。
25. 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。
26. He visited Paris and eventually settled there
    他造访了巴黎，并最终在那儿定居下来。
27. I eventually got financial backing, but it was a slog
    我最终得到了经济支持，但这得来不易。
28. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer
    他最终被诊断出患了晚期癌症。
29. She has eventually finished the job.
    她总算完事了。
30. She will understand eventually.
    她终归会明白的。

adv

1. after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay

   Synonym:    finally