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

• These signs bode bad news.
  这些信号预示着坏消息。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That may bode well for the market.
  这对市场来说或许是好兆头。
• 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。
• That does not bode well for the second half of the year.
  这对下半年来说不是个好兆头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。