Finally、lastly、in the end 的中文翻譯都可以是「最後」,有什麼差別嗎?今天要來幫大家解密啦!先猜猜看,以下小對話的空格中,要填哪一個咧?
A: How is your little sister? I haven't seen her in a while. I remember she told me she was job hunting the last time I saw her.
B: Yeah. It has been tough for her recently. She's had over 30 interviews and ______ got a job as an executive assistant yesterday.
A: It seems a lot more difficult to find a decent job these days.
(A) finally (B) lastly (C) at the end (D) in the ending
解答翻譯
正解:(A)
A: How is your little sister?(你的小妹近來好嗎?)
I haven't seen her in a while.(我有一陣子沒有看到她了。)
I remember she told me she was job hunting the last time I saw her.(我記得上次我看到她的時候,她告訴我她在找工作。)
B: Yeah. It has been tough for her recently.(對呀。最近這件事讓她很辛苦。)
She's had over 30 interviews and finally got a job as an executive assistant yesterday.(她已經去了超過三十個面試,然後昨天終於找到一個行政助理的工作。)
A: It seems a lot more difficult to find a decent job these days.(近來要找到一個好的工作似乎困難多了。)
答案詳解
(A) finally
正解!Finally 常常用在「前面歷經了很長或很困難的過程,最後終於...」,也可以等於 at last。例如: