例如:
I'm so sorry ,i thought i could come and see you this evening,but I'm not free after all
我非常抱歉,原本今天晚上我能來(lái)看你的,但是終究沒(méi)有空。
I expected to fail the exam,but i passed after all.
我原本以為考試不及格,但終究還是通過(guò)了。
2.after all也可指“別忘記了……”,它常常表示為了說(shuō)明某個(gè)好理由或者某個(gè)重要的辯論而提醒某人看起來(lái)忘記的事情,一般放在句首,例如:
It's not surprising you're hungry.After all,you didn't have breakfast.
你餓了我一點(diǎn)都不驚訝,別忘了,你沒(méi)有吃早餐。
I think we should go and see Granny.After all,she only lives ten miles away,and we haven't seen her for ages.
我想我們應(yīng)該去看外婆。別忘了,她離我們只有10英里,我們也已經(jīng)好久沒(méi)有去看她了。