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プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

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.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」