昨天老板请吃饭，席间几个同事又喝高了，尤其是 Tony 又跟大家讲起了他曾经游历世界的往事"After travel my way around the world, I ended up teaching English as a foreign language..."(在环游世界之后，我最终把英语作为一门外语来教......) 这会儿老板 Bruce 实在听不下去了直接打断了他"After all the talk，you ended up give in to reality, it's awful, isn't it? " （说了那么多，你终于还是向现实妥协了，这糟糕透了，不是吗？）
呵呵，老板这是一不留神儿把大实话给说出来啦~今天要跟大家说的这个短语 end up 很有意思，就是大家平时常说的那句“到头儿来......”也许你马上就想起了"in the end", 没错，这两词儿的意思一样，但在口语中"end up"的使用率更高一些。
到头来；最终；最后处于；最后成为；以…告终
【En】to reach some conclusion, state, or situation due to a particular course of action. 由于某一特定的行动过程而得出某种结论、状态或情况。to take some course of action, perhaps reluctantly. 采取一些行动，也许是不情愿的。to be in a particular situation, state, or place after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it. 在一系列事件之后处于特定的情况、状态或地点，尤其是你没有计划的时候。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 originally intend to. 如果你最终做了某件事，或处于某种特定状态，你就会做那件事或进入那种状态，即使你最初并没有打算这么做。
● He came round for a coffee and we ended up having a meal together.
他过来喝了杯咖啡，到最后我们一起吃了顿饭。
● I wondered where the pictures would end up after the auction.
我不知道这些画在拍卖后落得什么下场。
● Most slimmers end up putting weight back on.
大多数苗条的人到头来体重又反弹了。
● Anyone who swims in the river could end up with a nasty stomach upset.
任何在河里游泳的人最后都可能会感到严重的胃部不适。
● He could end up as president.
他最终可能会成为总统。
● I don't want to end up like my parents.
我不想到最后变成像我父母那样。
● The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果，发动机最终沉到了运河底。
● She fled with her children, ending up in a shelter.
她带着孩子逃走了，最后住进了收容所。
● If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
● Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他们去跳舞，最终都会不欢而散。
● She could have ended up a millionaire.
她本可以成为百万富翁的。
● Whenever we go out to dinner with them, I always end up paying the bill.
每次我们和他们出去吃饭，最后总是我买单。
● I thought we were going straight home, but we all ended up at Tom's place.
我本以为我们要直接回家，但我们最后都去了汤姆家。
● Thanks to that traffic jam, I ended up being late to the meeting.
由于交通堵塞，我最终开会还是迟到了。
● Sara has always loved to read so I'm not surprised that she ended up an English major.
萨拉一直很喜欢阅读，所以我对她最终选择英语专业并不感到惊讶。
● We ended up having to postpone our vacation.
我们最终不得不推迟休假。
● If you don't get straightened out, you'll end up in jail.
如果你不改过自新，你最终会进监狱的。
● When will all this end up? I think that the party will have to end up about midnight.
这一切什么时候才能结束? 我想聚会大概要到午夜才结束。
● Thanks to bad weather, we ended up by leaving our beach house ahead of schedule.
多亏了糟糕的天气，我们最终提前离开了海滨别墅。
● Well, I'd say that big fight pretty much ends up our family dinner.
要我说，我们的家庭晚餐基本上都是在大吵一架之后结束的。
● Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.
这块肉最后可能大部分都得喂狗。
● We wanted to go to the beach on Saturday, but because traffic was so bad, we ended up at the mall instead.
我们本想周六去海滩，但是因为交通太堵了，我们最后去了商场。
● When my car's engine overheated, I ended up at the mechanic instead of my big job interview.
当我的汽车引擎过热时，我没有参加重要的工作面试，而是去了修车厂。
● I really think that you and your high school sweetheart will end up together.
我真的认为你和你高中时的恋人最终会在一起。
● She'll end up penniless if she continues to spend like that.
如果她继续这样挥霍，最后会落个身无分文的。
● I fell asleep on the bus and ended up in Denver.
我在公车上睡着了，最后到了丹佛。
● If you keep going outside in this weather without shoes, you'll end up catching a cold.
这种天气如果你继续不穿鞋出去，最终你会感冒的。
● Forbes ended up in prison for not paying his taxes.
福布斯最终因为漏税而入狱。
