In the end it proved a pointless exercise.

这最终证明是一项毫无意义的活动。

《牛津词典》

Up close, it seems a little all over the place, but from farther away, the true path shows and in the end it justifies all the turns along the way.

从近处看，每一个小点的决定都似乎影响甚微；但是从远处看，你能够得到一条最有效的路径。最终，我们能够发现沿途中的每个转弯都是正确的。

youdao

This surely would end it, thought Tess.

苔丝心想，这场完了就该散场了。

youdao

Turning it doesn't end it, you've got to turn it to get it moving in the right direction."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

So even if immortality would be bad, there would be certain things you could do that could end it.

所以即使不朽是不好的，你也能做某些事去结束它。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So if you look Chanel, Cartier, Rolex... anything you want that's high-end, you're going to find it here.

所以你要是想买香奈尔、卡地亚、劳力士……所有你想买的高端的东西在这里都能找到。

比佛利山庄的美食街 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In the end it wasn't just the right decision, it was the only one.

BBC: Chick Young's view

Because it was only two miles wide, by war's end it was largely in ruins.

ECONOMIST: Brcko

"I think in the end it was a pretty okay result, " he told reporters.

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