end up
【英英释义】
phrasal verb:
if someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident. V P prep/adv （通常指意外地）最终到达
if you end up doing something or end up in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not origianlly intend to. 最终，结果，到头来 V P -ing / V P prep/adv / V P n
to finally be in a particular place or situation
【词义深度解析】
end up 是“经过了一段有意义的过程后达到某个对后来有重要性的结果”，实际上相当于一个类似become的系动词。其作为不及物动词时，其主语所代表的事物没有消失，而是达到了一个新的状态。end up必须要有主补语（有时接近表语）做补充说明（达到什么结果，进入什么新的状态，留下什么后果，这是信息重点，所以不可或缺）。
end 是“结束”，着重在末端的一瞬间，结束了就告一段落，后来情况如何并不在意，信息重心就在end本身。end做不及物动词，其主语；end做及物动词，其宾语，就此消失，没有下文。end无论做及物或不及物动词，都不需要任何补充说明。
end up 是短语动词，意思是“到头来，最终”，常用来表示某人某物的结局或最终状态。其用法也很灵活，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）。
【例句学习】
1. My flight was delayed, so I ended up spending the night at the airport.
2. If convicted of extortion, Wu Xiubo's former mistress might end up in prison for 10 years.
extortion /ɪkˈstɔːʃən/ n. 勒索 mistress n. 情妇
3. He frets about his student loans and the difficulty of finding a job, even fearing that he might end up homeless.
fret v. 担忧（通常是不必要地）
4. Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals. 或许中美两国将最终不可避免地成为竞争对手。
5. 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. Oprah Winfrey
【词汇运用】
1. 翻译：Steve本可以成为富人。
Steve could have ended up as a rich man. （自己）
Steve could have ended up rich/ a rich man. （参考翻译）
2.生活场景应用
keep practicing, and you will end up successful.
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