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

• 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。
• 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。
• That may bode well for the market.
  这对市场来说或许是好兆头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。