一、詳細釋義：

phr.

終于，最后

例句：

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

這種尷尬的局面終于過去了。

例句：

At length I fell into some broils.

最后我終于遭到了一場小小的風波。

充分地，詳細地，詳盡地

例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他詳細地談了他的工作。

例句：

They addressed the Conference briefly or at length.

他們先后在會上作了或短或長的發(fā)言。

二、詞義辨析：

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

這些詞或詞組均含有“最后，終于”之意。 at last多指經(jīng)主觀努力，克服各種困難后才終于達到目的。 at length強調(diào)經(jīng)歷一段長時間后終于完成，側(cè)重在時間部分。 eventually側(cè)重于動作或行為的結(jié)果。 finally常與at last換用，都可用于對往事的描述，但finally不帶感情色彩，指一系列事情的最后結(jié)局。 in the end與at last同義，但in the end不僅可指“過去”還可表示對“未來”的預計。 lastly指連續(xù)順序的最后，通常用在列舉事情的場合。

三、參考例句：

He talked at length about his work.

他詳細地談了他的工作。

At length I fell into some broils.

最后我終于遭到了一場小小的風波。

At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late.

公共汽車終於來了，晚了四十分鐘。

The problem will be discussed at length in subsequent chapters.

這個問題將在隨后幾章進行詳細討論。

At length Thebes was afflicted with famine and pestilence.

后來底比斯發(fā)生了瘟疫和饑荒。

They spoke at length, reviewing the entire incident.

他們把事情的整個經(jīng)過詳盡地復述了一遍。

At length these moments of constraint were removed.

這種尷尬的局面終于過去了。

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

因此，盡管很不情愿，最后我還是放棄了這個計劃。

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

耐兒最后只好鼓起勇氣，大膽地向他那邊走了過去。

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

我計劃在以后幾篇文章中詳細討論這個話題。