"end up doing" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 最終做（某事）

Definition

指最終做了某事，通常是在一連串事件後，尤其是原本沒計劃要做的事情。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語常用，後面常接動詞ing形式（翻譯時多用“最終/結果”+動詞結構），強調非預期的結果。

Examples

We end up eating pizza every Friday.

我們每週五**最終都會喫**比薩。

If you don't study, you will end up failing the exam.

如果你不讀書，最後會**考不及格**。

He didn't plan it, but he ended up living in London.

他沒計劃，但最後**住在**倫敦。

We took a wrong turn and ended up getting lost in the city.

我們走錯路了，**結果在城裡迷路了**。

I didn't want dessert, but I ended up trying the cake anyway.

我本來不想喫甜點，但**最後還是嚐了**蛋糕。

Sometimes you make plans, but things change and you end up doing something totally different.

有時你有計劃，但事情變了，**最終做了**完全不同的事。