几个表达最后的短语的用法
Finally, at last, lastly 还是 in the end?
Finally，at last, lastly和in end都有“一段时间后”的意思。然而，我们以不同的方式使用它们。
Finally
我们用finally来指在很长一段时间之后发生的事情，通常是在经历了一些困难之后。在此意思中，finally最常出现在副词的正常中间位置，在主语和主要动词之间，在情态动词或第一个助动词之后，或在be作为主要动词之后:
There were no taxis and we finally got home at 2 pm.
She’s had over twenty interviews but Jasmine has finally got a job as a journalist.
At last
We use at last when we have been impatient as a result of long delays. Like finally, at last occurs in the normal mid position for adverbs as well as in front and end position:
当我们因为长时间的延误而不耐烦时，我们最后会使用at last。像finally一样，at last出现在副词的正常中间位置以及前面和结尾位置:
At last I’ve discovered how to print envelopes on my printer!
She has at last given me the book she promised me.
They’re here at last!! We’ve been waiting half an hour.
Lastly
我们用lastly来表示长列表末尾的某物:
We need eggs, milk, sugar, bread and, lastly, we mustn’t forget yoghurt for Dad.
I’ve thanked my parents but lastly I must thank all my friends for their help.
In the end
我们用in the end来指经过很长时间的过程、很多变化或很多讨论后得出的结论:
We were going to ski in Austria, then the South of France and in the end we decided to go to Italy.
And then, in the end, after months of discussion they offered to buy our house.