eventual
/ɪˈventʃʊəl/adjective
attrib.
- occurring or existing at the end of or as a result of a process or period of time最终的; 最后的; 结局的:
it's impossible to predict the eventual outcome of the competition.
比赛的最终结果很难预料。
词源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'relating to an event or events'): from Latin eventus (see EVENT), on the pattern of actual.