ultimately

Compared meaning: happening at last, after time or effort (adverb).

比较义项：终于；最后（经过一段时间或努力之后）（副词）。

• finally

  Everyday and narrative in tone; marks the end of a wait, search, or effort, often with relief that something happened at last, after delay or difficulty.

  常用于日常叙述，语气较随意；标志着等待、寻找或努力的结束，通常带有如释重负的语气，表示经过延迟或困难后终于发生。

  After searching for hours, she finally found her keys under the couch.

  找了几个小时后，她终于在沙发下找到了钥匙。

• ultimately 本词

  More formal and analytical; marks the final outcome after a chain of events, causes, or reasoning, without implying relief or a literal wait.

  语气更正式、更具分析性；标志着经过一连串事件、原因或推理后得出的最终结果，并不暗示如释重负的心情或字面上的等待。

  Despite early setbacks, the company ultimately became profitable within five years.

  尽管早期遭遇挫折，这家公司最终在五年内实现了盈利。

Finally and ultimately both mean something happens after time or effort, but differ: finally is casual, marking the end of a wait, often with relief. Ultimately is more formal, marking the final result after a chain of reasoning, without relief.

finally 和 ultimately 都表示经过一段时间或一系列事件后最终出现的结果，但 finally 更口语化、叙事性强，常带有如释重负的语气，强调等待、寻找或努力的结束；ultimately 更正式、更具分析性，强调经过一连串原因或推理后得出的最终结果，不暗示如释重负或字面上的等待。这里不比较 finally 用于列举中表示“最后一点”的用法，也不比较 ultimately 表示“归根结底、从本质上说”的用法。