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

• 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。
• The stores will inevitably end up competing with each other in their push for increased market shares
  在努力争取更大的市场份额的过程中，这些商场最终将不可避免地相互展开竞争。
• The weakest students can end up with a negative score.
  最差的学生可能会以负分收场。
• After all I've done for him, I end up being called a busybody.
  我为他忙了半天，归终还说我是多管闲事。
• Be careful, you could end up by getting hurt.
  当心，你可能最终会伤到自己的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many end up as team leaders, which inclines them to co-operate with the bosses
  很多人最后成为团队领袖，这使得他们易于和上司合作。
• When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff
  情况愈发难以确定，我们最终陷入一个唬人的把戏中。
• Don't be mean with fabric, otherwise curtains will end up looking skimpy.
  别这么吝啬布料，不然做出来的窗帘会显得特寒酸。