字典解釋
End up 是一個(gè)動(dòng)詞詞組镐依，意思是“到頭來，最終”港粱，常用來表示某人某物的結(jié)局或者最終狀態(tài)，是口語和寫作中非常高頻的表達(dá)。
End up 的用法也非常靈活摄狱，它可以接分詞，形容詞无午，介詞短語媒役，也可以直接接名詞（有時(shí)候加as）
例句
比如飛機(jī)晚點(diǎn)，不得不要在機(jī)場過夜宪迟，就可以說：
My flight was delayed, so I ended up spending the night at the airport. (end up 后接現(xiàn)在分詞酣衷，這種用法最常見)
吳秀波控訴他的前情人敲詐勒索，如果罪名成立次泽，他的情婦最終可能會坐十年牢穿仪，我們可以說：
If convicted of extortion, Wu Xiubo’s former mistress might end up in prison for 10 years.(end up 后接介詞短語)
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中使用end up 的句子
He frets about his student loans and the difficulty of finding a job, even fearing that he might end up homeless.(end up 接形容詞)
Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals.(end up 后接形容詞)
奧普拉的雞湯：
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.
翻譯練習(xí)
Steve 本可以成為富人
Steve have ended up being a rich man.
參考翻譯
Steve have ended up rich.
或
Steve could have ended up a rich man.
