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

• 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。
• Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
  格雷丝已擦干了眼泪，应该没事了。
• Struggling small businesses do not bode well for a swift fall in the jobless rate either.
  苦苦挣扎的小企业也并非失业率迅速下降的吉兆。
• And the cost of ignoring it does not bode well for consumers or our national security.
  忽视这一点，无论是对我们的消费者，还是对美国国家安全都不是什么好消息。
• It is not yet clear what these changes will bode for the local community.
  这些变化会给当地居民带来什么现在还不清楚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So it may not bode well with some members.
  因此，欧洲央行部分成员认为这可能不是一个好现象。