finally!
finally! — 感嘆詞
1. spoken or written as an exclamation to express strong relief or satisfaction whe
終於!
等待許久之後事情終於發生時的感嘆
spoken or written as an exclamation to express strong relief or satisfaction when something you have been waiting a long time for has at last happened.
Finally! The train pulled into the platform after a two-hour delay.
終於!火車誤點兩小時後總算進站了。
standalone 'Finally!' expressing relief over a long wait
"Finally!" Takeshi shouted as the printer spat out the last page of his thesis.
「終於!」Takeshi 大喊,印表機剛把他論文的最後一頁吐出來。
quoted exclamation reported with a speaker
After six rounds of edits, Élise sent the email and whispered, "Finally!"
改了六輪之後,Élise 把信寄出去,小聲地說:「終於!」
Finally! Someone in this office knows how to fix the coffee machine.
終於!這間辦公室總算有人會修咖啡機了。
"Finally," Adina sighed, kicking off her boots after the long flight home.
「終於……」Adina 嘆了口氣,長途飛行回到家後一腳把靴子踢開。
- at last!
very close synonym; interchangeable in almost every context
- about time!
stronger, often tinged with mild complaint that the wait was too long
- phew!
shifts the focus to relief from worry rather than relief from waiting
文法句型
Finally!
Finally, [clause]!
用法筆記
Stands alone as a complete utterance, or sits at the front of a clause separated by punctuation (comma or exclamation mark). Distinct from adverbial 'finally' inside a sentence ('She finally arrived') — the interjection carries the speaker's emotion, not just temporal sequence.