end up ( ending, ended, ends )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident. 最后来到

  例：

  She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's basement.

  她和她的孩子们逃走了，从一家邻居转到另一家，最终来到一个朋友家的地下室。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB 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. 到头来

  例：

  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，你可能会到头来得到自己不想要的东西。

  例：

  Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.

  每次他们去跳舞，到头来总是扫兴而归。