after all
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教材释义与例句
毕竟;终究;最后
究竟;到底;终于
释义与例句
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anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.
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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.
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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.
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Introduces information that supports the preceding statement.
Of course he's coming to the party. After all, he did promise.