也来说说"终于"的英文表达

水巷的“终于”如果用英文eventually来表达，也许就好解释了。


“终于”在英文里，大约可以对应两个词eventually和finally。网上查了下词典，

eventually：in the end, especially after a long time or a lot of effort, problems, etc.

例句1：Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
例句2：It might take him ages but he'll do it eventually.

finally：（1）after a long time or some difficulty（方注：这点和eventually相同）

例句1：We finally got home at midnight.
例句2：After months of looking he finally found a job.

（2）used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea

例句：Finally, I'd like to thank everyone for coming this evening.

（3）in a way that will not be changed
例句：The plan hasn't been finally approved.

初读水巷的那篇文章，结句觉得熟悉，想了一下，是迅哥笔法。我猜测，水巷和晴空都是熟读鲁迅的，孔乙己结尾：

“自此以后，又长久没有看见孔乙己。到了年关，掌柜取下粉板说，“孔乙己还欠十九个钱呢！”到第二年的端午，又说“孔乙己还欠十九个钱呢！”到中秋可是没有说，再到年关也没有看见他。

我到现在终于没有见——大约孔乙己的确死了。”

这里“终于”大概是finally的意思。

个人认为，水巷的“终于”用得没错（如果她是表达in the end, especially after a lot of effort, problems, etc.），但和前面的记叙对比度太大，较突兀，让人产生作者冷漠的感觉。这点我和晴空的感受相同。

（作者到底啥原因没去不知道，这只是从读者的角度揣测）