1、inspiration
靈感;啟示;啟發
My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert.
我的靈感源于像波德萊爾和雅克·普雷韋這樣的詩人。
What better way of finding inspiration for your own garden than by visiting others.
還有什么比參觀別人花園更好的獲取靈感、扮靚自家花園的方法呢。
激勵(者);鼓舞(者)
Powell's unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions.
鮑威爾升任高官的不尋常歷程對數以百萬計的人都是一個激勵。
She was a great inspiration. She was the person who impressed us with the importance of research.
她極大地鼓舞了我們,讓我們深刻了解到研究的重要性。
靈感來源;原型
India's myths and songs are the inspiration for her books.
印度的神話與歌曲是她那些書的靈感來源。
The inspiration behind the reforms was a paper written in 1985.
改革的想法源于 1985 年的一篇論文。
2、end up
(通常指意外地)最終到達
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
結果引擎最終沉到了運河底。
She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
她帶著孩子逃亡,從一個鄰居家跑到另一個鄰居家,最后逃到了一個朋友的地下室。
最終;結果;到頭來
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,到頭來你可能得非所愿。
Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他們去跳舞,都會不歡而散。