一日一词：到头来END UP

自现象级英语

END UP

1. 英英释义：to finally be in a particular place or situation

例句：Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“end up”是个动词词组，意思是“到头来”“最终”，常用来表示某人某物的结局或者最终状态，是口语和写作中都非常高频实用的表达。

end up 的用法也很灵活，它可以接分词、形容词、介词短语，也可以直接接名词（有时会加 as）。我们通过一些例句来体会这些用法。

比如你的飞机晚点，你最后只能在机场里过夜，就可以说：  

My flight was delayed, so I ended up spending the night at/in the airport.（end up 后接现在分词，这种用法最常见）

吴秀波控诉他的前情人敲诈勒索，如果罪名成立，他的情妇最终可能会坐十年牢。我们可以说：  

If convicted of extortion, Wu Xiubo’s former mistress might end up in prison for 10 years. （end up 后接介词短语）

我们看看《经济学人》是如何使用 end up 的：  

a) He frets about his student loans and the difficulty of finding a job, even fearing that he might end up homeless.（end up 后接形容词）

b) Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals.（end up 后接名词）

最后送你一句奥普拉的鸡汤： 

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

3. 从认识到会用（作业） 

1）翻译下面的句子：    

Steve 本可以成为富人。 （要点：本可以用虚拟语态的完成时，end up后接名词或形容词）

Steve could have ended up rich/ a rich man. 

造句：

例1：Vincent van Gogh was considered to be a failure during his lifetime. Thankfully, he has become an iconic figure nowadays. His paintings end up amongst the most sought-after art treausres around the world. 梵高在世时被世人轻贱。幸好，今时，他已成为偶像人物。他的画作是全球最受追捧的艺术品。

例2：Pangolins are susceptible to illegal wildlife trade. Most of them might end up on the menu and on parmacy shelves. 穿山甲是野生动物非法交易的重头戏。大多数穿山甲到头来或许成为盘中餐、架上药。

例3：Studying foreign languages at primary school might end up with both positive and negative results. 小学生学外语的效果可能喜忧参半。

个人拓展：

释义：1. to reach or come to an end, usually unpleasant.

After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.

背诵：

end up, become eventually, turn out to be, wind up

Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.