词组 | end |
释义 | end [ended, ended, ending] end in end in sth to have a particular result, or to finish in a particular way - used especially to say that something is unsuccessful or has a bad ending: ▪ In Britain, two out of three marriages end in divorce. end in failure/disaster/tragedy etc ▪ Talks aimed at preventing the strike ended in failure after six hours of negotiation. ▪ The match ended in tragedy when one of the boxers died in the ring. end in tears (=end with people feeling unhappy, annoyed etc - often used humorously) ▪ Stop quarrelling you two! You know it'll all end in tears. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑culminate in formal end up 1. end up to be in a situation that you did not intend or want to be in, because of something that has happened to you or something you have done end up in court/prison/hospital ▪ Tom got into a fight and ended up in court. ▪ Soon afterwards she ended up in hospital after a drug overdose. + as ▪ Too many teenage girls are ending up as single parents. + with ▪ You'll end up with pneumonia if you're not careful. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind up, ↑finish up BrE informal, ↑land up BrE 2. end up doing sth to do something that you did not intend or want to do, especially because you cannot seem to avoid doing it: ▪ He came for a couple of days and ended up staying a month! ▪ We always seem to end up arguing with each other. 3. end up to arrive in a place without planning or wanting to go there, for example because you lost your way: ▪ We took several wrong turns, and ended up in Wigan by mistake. ▪ They ended up in a bar near the docks. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wind up, ↑finish up BrE informal |
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