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

• 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。
• That may bode well for the market.
  这对市场来说或许是好兆头。
• 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。
• Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
  格雷丝已擦干了眼泪，应该没事了。
• Thursday's results appear to bode well for Citigroup.
  周四的结果对花旗银行来说是个好兆头。
• 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。
• It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
  进展很不顺利，对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
• 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 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。
• 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。