1、inspiration
灵感;启示;启发
My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert.
我的灵感源于像波德莱尔和雅克·普雷韦这样的诗人。
What better way of finding inspiration for your own garden than by visiting others.
还有什么比参观别人花园更好的获取灵感、扮靓自家花园的方法呢。
激励(者);鼓舞(者)
Powell's unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions.
鲍威尔升任高官的不寻常历程对数以百万计的人都是一个激励。
She was a great inspiration. She was the person who impressed us with the importance of research.
她极大地鼓舞了我们,让我们深刻了解到研究的重要性。
灵感来源;原型
India's myths and songs are the inspiration for her books.
印度的神话与歌曲是她那些书的灵感来源。
The inspiration behind the reforms was a paper written in 1985.
改革的想法源于 1985 年的一篇论文。
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。