ultimately

adv.

1. 最终；最后；终归
   in the end; finally
   1. Ultimately, you'll have to make the decision yourself.
      最终你还是得自己拿主意。
   2. A poor diet will ultimately lead to illness.
      糟糕的饮食终将导致疾病。
2. 最基本地；根本上
   at the most basic and important level
   1. All life depends ultimately on oxygen.
      一切生命归根到底都要依赖氧气。

1. ADV 最终；最后；终于
   Ultimately means finally, after a long and often complicated series of events.
   1. Whatever the scientists ultimately conclude, all of their data will immediately be disputed.
      不管科学家们最后得出什么样的结论，他们的全部数据将会立即引起争议。
   2. ...a tough but ultimately worthwhile struggle.
      艰苦卓绝但最终还是值得的一次抗争
2. ADV 根本上；归根结底
   You use ultimately to indicate that what you are saying is the most important point in a discussion.
   1. Ultimately, Bismarck's revisionism scarcely affected or damaged British interests at all.
      从根本上说，俾斯麦的修正主义几乎未对英国的利益造成一丝一毫的影响或损害。

1. Napoleon ultimately failed in his plan to defeat the two armies arrayed against him.
   拿破仑计划击溃那两支列队待战的部队，却最终失利。
2. She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
   她对电影业可能有些怀疑失望，但终究没有恩将仇报之意。
3. The buck stops with him. He is ultimately responsible for every aspect of the broadcast.
   责任在于他。他是该广播节目各方面的总负责人。
4. He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.
   他最终被推翻，整个国家则陷入了混乱。
5. What was it ultimately that led you to leave Sarajevo for Zagreb?
   最终是什么让你离开萨拉热窝前往萨格勒布的？
6. The exhibition is an enjoyable and, ultimately, life-affirming experience.
   这个展览是一次不但令人愉快，而且还鼓舞人心的体验。
7. The Vietnam conflict ultimately was lost
   越南战争以失败告终。
8. Kant's work on the critique of experience became ultimately indistinguishable from ontology and metaphysics.
   康德关于经验的评论著作最终与本体论和形而上学混为一谈。
9. Dishonesty is ultimately self-defeating.
   弄虚作假最终会自食其果。
10. Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.
    狭隘自私的行为最终会自拆台脚。
11. Ultimately, we can change the shape of people's lives.
    最终，我们可以改变人们的生活状况。
12. Ultimately my attitude was: stuff them
    我最终的态度是：去他们的。
13. Whatever the scientists ultimately conclude, all of their data will immediately be disputed.
    不管科学家们最后得出什么样的结论，他们的全部数据将会立即引起争议。
14. Ultimately, Bismarck's revisionism scarcely affected or damaged British interests at all.
    从根本上说，俾斯麦的修正主义几乎未对英国的利益造成一丝一毫的影响或损害。
15. Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters.
    从政者最终是向选民负责。
16. It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.
    那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
17. Both sides know they ultimately gain much more from economic interaction than they stand to lose.
    双方都清楚，最终从经济交往中获得的要比老死不相往来多得多。
18. So ultimately I did pick Jack.
    所以最终我选了杰克。
19. This step can ultimately save you valuable time and frustration.
    这个步骤最终可以为您节省宝贵的时间，并让您少受挫折。
20. However, ultimately, something specific triggered the avalanche that became the performance issue.
    不过，最终是某个特定的东西触发了“雪崩”，从而成为了性能问题。
21. This can ultimately result in weight gain.
    这最终会导致体重增加。
22. But, that is how you learn, grow, and ultimately succeed at new endeavors.
    但只有这样你才能学习和成长，然后你的新努力会最终成功。
23. It is not your talents or abilities, but your choices that ultimately decide your fate.
    你的命运不是由你的天赋或是能力决定的，而是由你的选择决定了你最终的命运。
24. Ultimately, it dose not matter how much you promote.
    归根到底，这和你做了多少宣传没有关系。
25. Ultimately, it affected her ability to sleep, hit her confidence hard and led to depression.
    最终，这影响到了她的睡眠，严重打击了她的自信，致使她患上了抑郁症。
26. Ultimately much of the funds have flowed to property developers and local-government infrastructure projects.
    许多资金最终都流向了房地产开发商和地方政府基建项目。
27. Any and all of these adverse impacts may ultimately materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
    所有这些不利情形中的任何一种可能都会最终对我们的业务和经营表现产生重大不利影响。
28. Hope and humanity and perhaps, ultimately, futility.
    希望和仁慈，也许最终还是徒劳。
29. This gives clues to how planets and ultimately life is formed.
    这就给了我们星球以及最终生命是如何形成提供了线索。
30. Even if the employer ultimately prevails, valuable time and money are lost.
    即使雇主最终胜诉了，也损失了宝贵的时间和金钱。

adv

1. as the end result of a succession or process
   1. ultimately he had to give in
   2. at long last the winter was over

   Synonym:    finallyin the endat lastat long last