职称英语理工类考试复习之同义词组辨析(10)
<p> 10. <span word="at">at</span> <span word="last">last</span> ，<span word="at">at</span> <span word="length">length</span> ，<span word="finally">finally</span> ，<span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> ，<span word="lastly">lastly</span> 这几个表达，中文意思都可说成 最后、终于 但用法有所不同。</p><p> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="last">last</span> 经常表示历经曲折、磨难之后，往往有较浓重的感情色彩，如不耐烦、如愿等等：<span word="He">He</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="finished">finished</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="last">last</span>. 他总算讲完了。<span word="Man">Man</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="moon">moon</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="last">last</span>.人类终于登上了月球。</p><p> <span word="At">At</span> <span word="length">length</span>强调时间的拖延，表示经过了好长的时间：<span word="After">After</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="length">length</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Naples">Naples</span>.他们经长途旅行后才终于到了那不勒斯。</p><p> <span word="finally">finally</span> 着重动作发生的先后顺序，不带感情色彩：<span word="They">They</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="finally">finally</span> , <span word="they">they</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span>. 他们谈了好几个小时，最后决定不去。</p><p> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> 跟<span word="finally">finally</span> 相当，通常表示动作的先后次序：<span word="He">He</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="earning">earning</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="living">living</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="farm">farm</span> <span word="worker">worker</span>. 他尝试过许多谋生方式，最后做了农场工人。但<span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> 还有它自己特有的用法，就是用于将来的情况，这时，其他的表达都不能用：<span word="The">The</span> <span word="communism">communism</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="outlive">outlive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capitalim">capitalim</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>. 共产主义必将胜利，资本主义必将灭亡。 前面这些表达都是结果、结局、结论。<span word="lastly">lastly</span>则完全不同，它是个序数词性质的表达，表示最后提到的一项内容：<span word="Lastly">Lastly</span> ，<span word="let">let</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="mention">mention</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="support">support</span> 1<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="wife">wife</span>. 最后，我要提一下从妻子那里得到的极大支持。</p>
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