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

• 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。
• These signs bode bad news.
  这些信号预示着坏消息。
• 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。
• The bad trading figures do not bode well for the company's future.
  这些交易数额欠佳，预示公司前景不妙。
• 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。
• The forecasts bode well for an industry that is sensitive to credit market conditions and consumer demand.
  对一个易受信贷市场环境和消费需求影响的行业来说，这样的预测数字算得上是好兆头。
• It's a kind of animal-kingdom behavior, and does not bode well for your position's future.
  这是一种动物王国的行为。这对你将来的职业发展来说不是一个好兆头。
• FDA will make the final call, but the vote against Genentech doesn't bode well.
  FDA将作出最后裁决，但投票反对基因泰克，并不是一个好兆头。
• 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。
• 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。