1、end up

(通常指意外地)最終到達(dá)

The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.

結(jié)果引擎最終沉到了運(yùn)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(gè)鄰居家跑到另一個(gè)鄰居家，最后逃到了一個(gè)朋友的地下室。

最終；結(jié)果；到頭來(lái)

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(lái)你可能得非所愿。

Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.

每次他們?nèi)ヌ瑁紩?huì)不歡而散。

2、spend

花(錢(qián));用(錢(qián))

By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money.

到假期結(jié)束時(shí)，我已經(jīng)花光了自己所有的錢(qián)。

Businessmen spend enormous amounts advertising their products.

商人們花費(fèi)巨額資金為自己的商品做廣告。

花費(fèi)(時(shí)間或精力)

Engineers spend much time and energy developing brilliant solutions.

工程師們花費(fèi)很多時(shí)間和精力來(lái)開(kāi)發(fā)完美的解決方案。

This energy could be much better spent taking some positive action.

這些精力若用于采取某些積極行動(dòng)的話(huà)，可能會(huì)更值得。

(在某處)度過(guò)(一段時(shí)間)

We spent the night in a hotel.

我們?cè)谝患衣灭^過(guò)夜。