英语:unit3 tomorrow’s world-word power学案(牛津译林版必修4)
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His project ended in a failure.

The match ended in a draw.

end up phrasal verb: to finally be in a particular place or situation:

They're travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.

Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.

She'll end up penniless if she carries on spending like that.

[+ ing form of verb] After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.

end (up) with 以......而告终

start with the aim of doing harm to others only to end up with ruining oneself以损人开始,以害己告终

in the end: finally, after sth. has been thought about or discussed a lot:

We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.

come to an end: to finish:

Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon.

Shanghai's rainy days come to an end.

The two-day sports meeting has come to an end, leaving us memories of the fierce competition in each event and moving moments of team spirit that was shining all the way

put an end to sth: to make sth. stop happening or existing:

How can we put an end to the fighting?

Doctors are not allowed to put an end to a patient's life.

The president called on the people to join hands in the spirit of harvest festival to put an end to the evils of ethnic war and create a prosperous Sri Lanka.

be at your wits' end: to be very worried and upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but can not do it:

I've tried everything I can think of to make her eat but she flatly refuses - I'm at my wits' end.

make both ends meet 收支相抵,量入而出, 靠微薄收入为生

I barely made both ends meet last year.

They have great difficult in making both ends meet.

He is trying to make both ends meet on a small salary.

3.keep in touch with 与......保持联系

in touch with与.......处于联系当中

get into touch with与......取得联系

out of touch with与......没有联系

lose touch with与......失去联系