​在最后是＂by the end“还是”in the end＂?傻傻分不清！

在最后是"by the end“还是”in the end"?傻傻分不清！

1.in the end

意思“最后、终于”。

它的意思相当于finally, at last。它往往表明事情的结局,在句子中一般单独使用。

如:Xiao Ming passed the exam in the end.

最后小明通过了那次考试。

Ice becomes smaller and smaller until in the end it disappears completely.

冰变得越来越小,直到最后完全消失。

2.by the end of +表示时间的名词,

意为“到……末为止,到……最后”,

注意:如果of后面接表示过去时间的名词,那么本句的谓语必须用过去完成时态。

如:How many English words had you learned by the end of last term?

到上学期末为止,你学会了多少个英语单词？

I had been to the Summer Palace three times by the end of last year.

到去年年末我去过颐和园三次了。