看到这个词首先想到的是 finally

印象非常深刻的是，我在高中学习finally这个词时，总会联想到与我本人生活相关的场景；

高中时候的我习惯于将 叹气 作为一种舒缓精神压力的手段，久而久之变成了生活习惯；

在接到一份压力和责任时会叹气、事情未按照我的预期发展时会叹气，解决掉一个前行阻碍时会叹气……

可以说finally是我英语学习经历中最印象深刻的词不为过；

而end up 作为更高级的一种表达，值得学习，

英英释义中，end up means to finally be in a particular place or situation

e.g. Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals.

*inevitable 不可避免的

e.g. the inevitable course of history 历史必由之路

e.g. the inevitable results 必然结果

[用法]

1.后接现在分词

e.g. My flight was delayed, so I end up spending the whole night at the airport.

2.后接介词短语

e.g. If convicted of extortion, Wu Xiubo’s former mistress might end up in prison for 10 years.

3.后接名词

e.g. end up rivals

4.后接形容词

e.g. end up homeless 

[捡一碗鸡汤]

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.

[翻译]

Steve could have ended up being loaded.

[造句]

港片《无双》中的“画家”，机关算尽后仍换来粉身碎骨。

He ended up ashes after racking his brain to the plan, instead of freedom.