bode

英 [bəʊd]

美 [boʊd]

v.  预示(好事或坏事); 是…的兆头

第三人称单数：bodes　过去式：boded　复数：bodes　现在分词：boding　过去分词：boded　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19110 / COCA.15027

习惯用语

v.

bode well/ill (for sb/sth)
• （对某人 / 某事）是吉兆，是凶兆
  to be a good/bad sign for sb/sth
• These figures do not bode well for the company's future.
  这些数据对于公司的前景不是个好兆头。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示（好事或坏事）；是…的兆头
  If somethingbodesill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If somethingbodeswell, it makes you think that something good will happen.
  1. She says the way the bill was passed bodes ill for democracy...
     她说，从该法案被通过的情形来看，民主的前景惨淡。
  2. Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
     格雷丝已擦干了眼泪，应该没事了。

英英释义

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:portendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• He says these technologies bode well for making people with diabetes healthier and making their lives easier.
  他说这些技术预示着糖尿病患者会过上一种更健康和轻松的生活。
• That doesn't bode well for their next contest against the well-rested Houston Rockets.
  这并不是一个好兆头他们对休息良好的休斯敦火箭队下一个比赛。
• The fact that we haven't heard from him in all this time does not bode well.
  我们这段时间一直没有收到他的来信不是好兆头。
• His idle habits bode ill for his future.
  他那懒散的习惯预示着他不会有好的前途。
• This, obviously, did not bode well for my nascent language project, but I forged ahead.
  这对我刚刚开始的语言计划，显然并不是什么好兆头，但我还是坚定地前进了。
• But the draft revisions to the law on guarding state secrets made public in June do not bode well.
  但6月份公布的《保守国家秘密法》修订草案并没有带来好的征兆。
• Lower food prices could also bode well for the US economic outlook.
  粮食价格下降对于美国经济前景也是个好兆头。
• These signs bode bad news.
  这些信号预示着坏消息。
• And if he is the best defender for Milan, it doesnt bode well against Messi.
  如果他就是米兰最好的后卫，用他对付梅西可不是个好兆头。
• Neither scenario would bode well for a 2011 global financial recovery.
  对于2011年的全球经济复苏而言，上述两种情形都不是好兆头。