after all

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教材释义与例句

短语

毕竟;终究;最后

短语

究竟;到底;终于

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

    毕竟

    究竟

    习语

    After all, they never come home for Christmas.

    Of course he won't give you credit. After all, his first and last concern is his company's profit margin.

    8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too. After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies.

  2. 2.

    in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.

    习语

    They won't be coming home for Christmas after all.

  3. 3.

    Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.

    Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.