請解釋”end up” 的單字意思及例句

Question

我在字典裡找"end up" 的意思

字典裡寫：

第一個解釋：  If someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident. 

例句： She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
 
第二個解釋：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. 

例句：If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
 
例句：Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood. 
例句：She could have ended up a millionairess. 


可以為我解釋他們的意思嗎？
我看不太懂
謝謝各位英語達人！

淑芸 · Accepted Answer

僅供參考
end up 以...結束, 結果...

第一個解釋：If someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident. (如果某人或某事結果在某處, 他們最後到了那兒,通常是無意中到了那兒,  換句話說  是出乎意料之外的結果)
例句： She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.(她帶小孩逃走, 從一個鄰居家逃到另一個鄰居家, 到最後是住在朋友的地窖裡)

第二個解釋：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.(如果妳的結局是在做某事或結果是處在某個狀態中, 妳是在做那件事或進入那個狀態, 縱然妳原本並不想那樣做或成為那樣)

例句：If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.(如果你不知道你需要什麼, 有可能最後你得到的是你不想要的東西)

例句：Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.(每一次他們去跳舞, 總是心情不好收場)
例句：She could have ended up a millionairess. (她當時有可能在最後變成百萬富翁的)(因為could have pp指過去的可能性, 所以我翻譯成"當時")

ps. 以上大略翻譯   希望可以解答您的疑惑

2007-06-17 00:47:14 補充：
She could have ended up a millionairess.
我覺得Oui的 "本來" 翻譯得比我所寫的"當時 "來得恰當

? · Answer

這邊的
She could have ended up a millionairess.

其中have+pp是現在完成式

是不是代表有她已經當過百萬富翁的意思 ? 
但只是現在的她已經不是了

RT · Answer

end up (in)+Ving....的意思就是: 最後結果為... (可以是最後在哪裡...位於什麼地方...結果怎樣...做了什麼事 之類的)

Oui · Answer

第一個解釋： If someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident. 
若某人或某物最終到達某處，通常是因為意外而最後到達那個地方。

例句： She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
她和孩子們一起逃離，從一個鄰居家換到另一個鄰居家，最後到了某個朋友家的地窖裡。

第二個解釋：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. 
若你最終做了某件事或到達某個特定狀態，你所做的那件事跟你所到達的那個狀態是你最初沒有想要那樣的。

例句：If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.
若你不知道你要的是什麼，你可能最後得到你所不想要的東西。

例句：Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他們去跳舞最後都心情變差。
 
例句：She could have ended up a millionairess.
她本來最後可以成為百萬富翁的。
所以end up的解釋就是最後到達某處、最後做了某事，或最後處於某種狀態，而這些都不是原來所預期的。

請解釋”end up” 的單字意思及例句

4 個解答