到头来

[dào tóu lái]

• turn out that (to be(do))
• in the event

参考释义

到头来 [dào tóu lái]

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例句

1. 这伙人蓄谋抢劫已有一年之久，然而到头来却失手了。
   The gang spent a year planning the robbery and then bungled it.
2. 有时我付钱，有时他付钱--到头来似乎两相抵销。
   Sometimes I pay, sometimes he pays it seems to average out (ie result in a fair balance) in the end.
3. 他起初夸耀自己勇敢，到头来却打了退堂鼓。
   He was boasting about how brave he was at the start, but copped out (of it) at the finish.
4. 他创建起来的组织到头来却成为促使他倒台的根本原因了。
   The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall.
5. 我常说他到头来非进监狱不可。
   I always said he would wind up in jail.