all ends up

(informal)completely

(非正式)完全地，徹底地

at the end of the day

(informal, chiefly Brit.)when everything is taken into consideration

(非正式，主英)最終，到頭來

at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens in the school.

到頭來，還是我對學校發(fā)生的事負責。

be at (或 have come to) an end

be finished or completed

結(jié)束；完畢；完成

(of a supply of something) become exhausted

（供應(yīng)物）耗盡，用光

our patience has come to an end.

我們一點兒耐心都沒有了。

be at the end of

be close to having no more of (something)

到了…的盡頭，幾至耗盡

she was at the end of her patience.

她簡直忍無可忍。

be the end

(informal)be the limit of what one can tolerate

(非正式)是所能忍受的最大限度，達到了忍耐極限

you really are the end!.

你真讓人忍無可忍！。

come to (或 meet) a sticky (或 bad) end

be led by one's own actions to ruin or an unpleasant death

遭到報應(yīng)；落得悲慘下場；不得好死

the end-all

a thing that is final or definitive

終結(jié)；最終結(jié)果

end one's days (或 life)

spend the final part of one's existence in a specified place or state

度過余生（或暮年）

she ended her days in London.

她在倫敦度過余生。

an end in itself

a goal that is pursued in its own right to the exclusion of others

目標本身

end in tears

have an unhappy or painful outcome (often as a warning)

（常作告誡語）會有不愉快（或痛苦）的結(jié)局；有苦果

this treaty will end in tears.

這個協(xié)議會帶來苦果。

end it all

commit suicide

自殺

the end of the road (或line)

the point beyond which progress or survival cannot continue

生命（或事物發(fā)展）的盡頭；窮途末路；完蛋

if the damages award is not lowered it could be the end of the road for the publisher.

若不降低損害賠償金，那家出版公司可能就完了。

the end of one's tether (或北美rope)

having no patience or energy left to cope with something

忍無可忍；精疲力竭

these individuals have reached the end of their tether. .

這些人已忍無可忍（或筋疲力盡）了。

the end of the world

the termination of life on the earth

世界末日，世界之毀滅