end up

英 [end ʌp]

美 [end ʌp]

（通常指意外地）最终到达; 最终; 结果; 到头来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (通常指意外地)最终到达
  If someone or somethingends upsomewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident.
  1. The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal...
     结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
  2. She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
     她带着孩子逃亡，从一个邻居家跑到另一个邻居家，最后逃到了一个朋友的地下室。
• PHRASAL VERB 最终；结果；到头来
  If youend updoing something orend upin a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.
  1. If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want...
     如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
  2. Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood...
     每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。
  3. She could have ended up a millionairess.
     她本可以成为百万富婆的。

英英释义

verb

• finally be or do something
  1. He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
  2. he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
  Synonym:finish upland upfetch upwind upfinish

双语例句

• Sooner or later most writers end up making books about the torments of being a writer
  或早或晚，大多数作家最终都会著书讲述身为作家的苦恼。
• How does the story end up?
  这个故事是怎么结尾的？
• You'll end up no more than a smart alec and you're well down that road already.
  你最终只会变得自命不凡，而且你现在已经很有些自以为是了。
• That's what you'll end up with, you mark my words.
  那就是将来你的下场，记住我的话。
• When children end up taking care of their parents, it is a strange role reversal indeed.
  当孩子们最终要照顾父母时，这的确是一种奇妙的角色互换。
• If you always give in to others you will end up feeling like a doormat.
  如果你总是屈服于人，你最终会觉得自己像一个受气包。
• Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood
  每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。
• We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.
  我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。
• Be careful, you could end up by getting hurt.
  当心，你可能最终会伤到自己的。
• If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
  如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。