adv.最后；終于

It was a long journey, but we eventually arrived. 旅程很長，但我們最后還是到達(dá)了。

She eventually got back the book she had lent him. 她終于收回了借給他的書。

Eventually the fire was under control. 火勢(shì)終于被控制住了。

eventually的意思是“終于,最后”,在句子中充當(dāng)狀語,主要用來修飾動(dòng)詞或動(dòng)詞短語。

eventually沒有比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)形式。

eventually在句中一般置于所修飾的動(dòng)詞之前,強(qiáng)調(diào)時(shí)也可置于句尾或句首。

在口語中, eventually可以用于對(duì)對(duì)方的問話作簡短的回答。