Ⅰ. at last “最后”表经过一定曲折之后某事才发生，强调努力的结果，带有较强的感情色彩。须用一般过去时。如：
Did the man in the shop understand him at last?
Ⅱ. finally 表动作的发生顺序是在“最后”， 无感情色彩，只用于过去时。它居句首时较多。
① Finally he went to see the famous man himself.
Ⅲ. in the end 表事物发展的自然顺序的“终结”，有时可与finally相互替换。但用于将来的预测时，则只能用in the end 如：
① I hope that everything will turn out all right in the end.
单词：finally的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
finally/at last/in the end
Finally he went to see the famous man himself.最后，他亲自访问了这位名人。
Did the man in the shop understand him at last?这位店员最后理解他的话了吗？
When a piece of ice is taken into a warm room,it becomes smaller and smaller,until in the end it disappears completely.当把一块冰拿到温暖的屋子里时，它就慢慢的变小，直到最后完全消失。
<辨的>三者可以解作“最后”。finally 表示基本一动作发生的顺序是在“最后”，无感情色彩，只用于过去时，它在句中的位置以在句首时为多。at last 表示经过一定曲折之后某事才发生，强调努力的后果，带有较强的感情色彩，须用过去时。in the end 表示事物发展的自然顺序的“终结”，有时可与 finally 互相换用，in the end 还可用来预测将来，finally 和 at last 没有这种用法。如：
I hope that everything will turn ort all right in the end.我希望一切最终都会顺利。
与单词：finally 相关的例句或者名人名言
After working through a lot of problems, he finally had a breakthrough to succeed.
解决了许多问题之后，他终于有了突破性进展。
I finally received a reply from the girl of my dreams!
我终于收到了女神的回复！
The birds finally get their freedom! They are flying out of the cage!
鸟儿们终于自由了！它们正在从笼子里飞出来！
After four years of hard work, I finally got my college diploma.
经过四年的辛勤努力，我终于拿到了大学毕业证。
Finally, they arrived at an agreement.
他们最后终于达成了协议。
※I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts:financial worries.——Jules Renard, French playwright 我终于明白人与野兽的区别在于：人为钱而担忧。法国剧作家勒纳尔.J.
