字典解释

End up 是一个动词词组，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，是口语和写作中非常高频的表达。
End up 的用法也非常灵活，它可以接分词，形容词，介词短语，也可以直接接名词（有时候加as）

例句

比如飞机晚点，不得不要在机场过夜，就可以说：
My flight was delayed, so I ended up spending the night at 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)

《经济学人》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 接形容词)
Perhaps it was inevitable that China and America would end up rivals.(end up 后接形容词)

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.

翻译练习

Steve 本可以成为富人
Steve have ended up being a rich man.

参考翻译
Steve have ended up rich.

或

Steve could have ended up a rich man.