“究竟”是一个比较特殊的副词,一直以来颇受学术界的关注。本文主要从副词“究竟”的语义、句法和语用三方面进行述评,总结目前所取得的进展,并指出有待进一步研究的问题。 “Exactly ” is a rather special adverb that has always attracted the attention of academics. This article mainly reviews the semantic, syntactic and pragmatic aspects of the adverb “actually ”, summarizes the progress made so far and points out the issues to be further studied.