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

• 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。
• That bodes well for his future.
  那预示他前途光明。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• As such it bodes well, especially if other deals follow suit.
  这是一个好兆头尤其是，如果今后的交易都这样的话。
• 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。
• This bodes ill for the failure of the programme.
  这是那项计划有凶兆。
• The news bodes evil days for him.
  这个消息对他是不祥之兆。