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

• She could have ended up a millionairess.
  她本可以成为百万富婆的。
• What scares me most is that I'm going to end up not being married
  最让我担心的是我会一辈子嫁不出去。
• Be careful, you could end up by getting hurt.
  当心，你可能最终会伤到自己的。
• 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。
• How does the story end up?
  这个故事是怎么结尾的？
• 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。
• 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。
• You could end up committed to yet another savings scheme and none the wiser about managing your finances
  你可能最终又会把钱投入另一个储蓄计划，在理财方面丝毫没有变得明智些。
• I had to keep my end up with other professors in the faculty
  我得和系里其他教授一起做好自己的本职工作。
• It was a foregone conclusion that I would end up in the same business as him
  早已注定我最终会和他干同一行。