4in the final/last analysisBASICused when giving the most basic or important facts about a situation 总之,归根结底
In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
归根结底,利润就是动力。
Examples from the Corpus
in the final/last analysis• In the final analysis Stalin was just as much a dictator as Hitler.• In the final analysis, the project was a failure.• And, in the final analysis, are they any good?• The pressures driving researchevaluation are, in the final analysis, political.• But in the final analysis it had been he who wanted out.• But in the final analysis, these are just details.• The shift of leadership to JohnSmith may seem temporarily convincing, but it is in the last analysiscosmetic.• The responsibility for the accident must, in the last analysis, rest with the captain.• The Trotskyist movement could benefit only in the final analysis and in the long range.• It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis, these sums are operating to purifydecision-making.• That, in the final analysis, is what organizational control is all about.
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + analysis
a detailed/in-depth analysis
a detailed analysis of the firm’s earnings
an in-depth analysis (=detailed analysis)
an in-depth analysis of global warming
a careful/close analysis
Students learn to make a close analysis of the texts.
a brief analysis
Let’s start with a brief analysis of the situation.
statistical analysis (=using statistics)
Their research was based on statistical analysis.
a critical analysis (=that makes judgements about how good or bad something is)
Write a critical analysis of the following poem.
economic/political/scientific etc analysis
His book provided a scientific analysis of human behaviour.
data analysis
the use of databases for data analysis
verbs
be based on an analysis of something
This work has been based entirely on an analysis of large mammals.
do/carry out/perform/conduct an analysis
No similar analysis has been done in this country.
provide/produce an analysis
The report provided an analysis of the problems we need to address.
an analysis shows something
DNA analysis shows that the blood and the saliva come from the same person.
an analysis suggests/indicates something
Our analysis suggests that these problems are widespread.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANALYSIS | ANALYSIS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤careful, close, comprehensive, detailed, in-depth, serious, systematic, thorough仔細的/嚴密的/綜合的/詳盡的/深入的/嚴肅的/系統的/徹底的分析▸➤brief簡要的分析▸➤objective客觀的分析▸➤comparative, critical, qualitative, quantitative, statistical, theoretical比較/批判/定性/定量/統計/理論分析◇We performed a comparative analysis of genes from different species.我們比較分析了不同物種的基因。➤cost-benefit, economic, financial, historical, legal, linguistic, political, strategic, structural成本效益/經濟/金融/歷史/法律/語言學/政治/戰略/結構分析➤content, data, discourse內容/數據/話語分析◇Researchers identified themes from the content analysis of interviews.研究者從採訪的內容中分析出幾個主題。➤chemical, genetic, sequence化學/基因/序列分析◇a DNA sequence analysisDNA 序列分析VERB + ANALYSIS➤carry out, conduct, do, make, perform (especially BrE) 進行分析;作分析◇They carried out an in-depth analysis of the results.他們對結果進行了深入的分析。➤give (sb)(給某人)作分析◇She gave a brief analysis of the present economic situation.她對當前的經濟形勢作了簡要分析。◇He gave me a fascinating analysis of the sport's history.他給我分析了這項運動的歷史,真是引人入勝。ANALYSIS + VERB➤indicate sth, reveal sth, show sth分析表明⋯;分析顯示⋯◇Analysis of the wine showed that it contained dangerous additives.對這種葡萄酒的分析顯示它含有有害的添加劑。PREPOSITION➤in an/the analysis在分析中◇In his analysis of the novel he discusses various aspects of the author's own life.他在對這部小說的分析中談及了作者生平的各個方面。PHRASES➤in the final analysis, in the last analysis歸根到底;總之◇In the final analysis, the people were stronger than the generals.歸根到底,人民比將軍更強大。