after all

above all, after all, at all, in all

• but above all tell me quickly what i have to do．
  可首先快些告诉我该做什么。
• a clock must above all keeps good time．
  时钟最重要的是必须走得准。

• after all，your birthday is only two weeks away．
  毕竟，两周后就是你的生日。
• he is，after all，a small child．
  他毕竟还是个小孩子。
• he failed after all．
  他终于失败了。

• he doesn’t like you at all．
  他根本不喜欢你。
• are you going to do it at all？
  你究竟做不做这件事？
• if you do it at all，do it well.
  若你真要做这件事，就得做好。
• i was surprised at his coming at all．
  他竟然来了，我很惊讶。

• there are 25,000 inuit in all．(＝in all, there are 25,000 inuit．)
  这儿共有25,000因努伊特人。

副词 after all:

1. emphasizes something to be considered
2. in spite of expectations

1. I'll have to go to my aunt's funeral she was my own flesh and blood after all.
   我得参加我姑姑的葬礼－－她是我的亲人哪。
2. The old methods proved best after all.
   采用老方法结果反而是某事物最好。
3. He did climb down after all.
   最终他屈服了。
4. The play came to an end after all.
   这场戏总算结束了。
5. Don't blame him for breaking that vase; after all he is a child.
   别怪他打碎那个花瓶，他毕竟是小孩子嘛。
6. I was so tired after all that gardening that I was out for the count for ten whole hours last night.
   把花园里所有的活干完后，我实在太累了，昨晚沉睡了足足有10个小时。
7. You should be charitable with him; he is a child after all.
   你应该对他宽容些，毕竟他还是个孩子。
8. You should forgive him for his forgetfulness; after all, he is over seventy.
   你应该原谅他的健忘症，毕竟他已经七十多岁了。