1、accelerate
（使）加快；（使）增速
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year.
明年的增长会加快到2.9%。
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。
（运动中的车辆）加速
Suddenly the car accelerated.
汽车突然加速。
She accelerated away from the kerb.
她加速驶离了马路牙子。
2、end up
(通常指意外地)最终到达
The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal.
结果引擎最终沉到了运河底。
She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
她带着孩子逃亡，从一个邻居家跑到另一个邻居家，最后逃到了一个朋友的地下室。
最终；结果；到头来
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，到头来你可能得非所愿。
Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.
每次他们去跳舞，都会不欢而散。