プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
やっと
❶〔ついに〕at last; finally; at length
やっと問題が解けた
I solved the problem at last.／I finally came up with the answer to the problem.
❷〔かろうじて〕barely; just
やっと飛行機に間に合った
I was just [barely] in time for the plane.／I just made the plane.
やっと追っ手を逃れた
I narrowly got away from my pursuers.／I escaped my pursuers by the skin of my teeth.
夕方になってやっとその仕事を終えた
It was not till evening that I finished the work.
❸〔苦労して〕with great difficulty
やっとのことで彼を説き伏せた
I succeeded in persuading him with great difficulty.
やっとのことで試験にパスした
I barely managed to scrape through the examination.
苦い薬をやっと飲み込んだ
He gulped down the bitter medicine most reluctantly.