bodes

英 [bəʊdz]

美 [boʊdz]

v.  预示(好事或坏事); 是…的兆头
bode的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• So the public could not get enough ways to experience and touch the Olympics, and that bodes well for the future model.
  这样一来，公众就可以有足够多的方式接触和体验奥运会，这预示着未来模式的前途一片光明。
• The sunshine bodes well for our barbecue.
  明媚的阳光对我们的烤肉野餐是个吉兆。
• 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。
• That bodes badly for those battling growing copper theft.
  这对那些负责打击窃铜行为的伙计来说可不是好兆头。
• The emergence of a more internationally-minded MBA applicant bodes well for overall applications in the years to come.
  更多具有国际化眼光的mba申请者出现，对未来数年的整体申请状况来说是个好兆头。
• That bodes ill for Madagascar's local species.
  这种担忧是来源于马达加斯加本地的品种。
• That will crowd out productive investment and bodes ill for inflation.
  这将排挤生产性投资，并带来通胀恶兆。
• Another factor that bodes well for Republicans is that millions of conservatives appear energized to vote this year.
  对共和党有力的另一个因素是成百万保守派选民今年似乎要积极投票。
• The debt-cutting trend is bad for retail sales in the short run but bodes well for the mid-1990's.
  减少欠债在短期内对零售商不利，但预示90年代中期将有好景。
• Fragility among domestic consumers, meanwhile bodes ill for the rest of the economy.
  与此同时，日本国内消费的低迷预示着该国其它经济领域也前景黯淡。