词汇精选：at length的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

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终于，最后

例句：

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

这种尴尬的局面终于过去了。

例句：

At length I fell into some broils.

最后我终于遭到了一场小小的风波。

充分地，详细地，详尽地

例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他详细地谈了他的工作。

例句：

They addressed the Conference briefly or at length.

他们先后在会上作了或短或长的发言。

二、词义辨析：

at last,at length,eventually,finally,in the end,lastly

这些词或词组均含有“最后，终于”之意。at last多指经主观努力，克服各种困难后才终于达到目的。at length强调经历一段长时间后终于完成，侧重在时间部分。eventually侧重于动作或行为的结果。finally常与at last换用，都可用于对往事的描述，但finally不带感情色彩，指一系列事情的最后结局。in the end与at last同义，但in the end不仅可指“过去”还可表示对“未来”的预计。lastly指连续顺序的最后，通常用在列举事情的场合。

三、参考例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他详细地谈了他的工作。

At length I fell into some broils.

最后我终于遭到了一场小小的风波。

At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late.

公共汽车终於来了，晚了四十分钟。

The problem will be discussed at length in subsequent chapters.

这个问题将在随后几章进行详细讨论。

At length Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence.

后来底比斯发生了瘟疫和饥荒。

They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

他们把事情的整个经过详尽地复述了一遍。

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

这种尴尬的局面终于过去了。

So at length, though with great reluctance, I gave up the attempt.

因此，尽管很不情愿，最后我还是放弃了这个计划。

Nell at length took courage, and ventured to draw near him.

耐儿最后只好鼓起勇气，大胆地向他那边走了过去。

I plan to revisit this topic at length in the next few articles.

我计划在以后几篇文章中详细讨论这个话题。