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Bode Future Bad Figures Ill Good Makes   [V

英语单词 bode
英美音标 英 [bəʊd] 美 [boʊd]
中文释义 v.预示;为……的兆头
英语例句 (1) The bad trading figures do not bode well.
(2) His careful habits bode well for his future.
(3) That didn't bode well for the Lakers chances.
(4) These figures do not bode well for the company's future.
中文例句 (1) 这些交易数额欠佳,预示公司前景不妙。
(2) 他那认真的习惯预示著他会有好的前途。
(3) 这对湖人来说并不是好兆头。
(4) 这些数据对于公司的前景不是个好兆头。
vocabulary简明 The verb bode suggests forecasting. Something bodes well when the clues or signs imply a favorable outcome. But if something bodes ill, you’d better watch out!
vocabulary扩展 Something might bode good fortune, or it could bode disaster. The word, which can be traced back to the Old English bodian "to announce, foretell," is also found in the adjective foreboding, which means "ominous, boding ill."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]预示(好事或坏事);是…的兆头 If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen.
  [V adv for n]
  [V adv]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

  • Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.

    格雷丝已擦干了眼泪,应该没事了。

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