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

• 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。
• China's manufacturing engine is sputtering, which bodes ill for other Asian exporters like Japan and South Korea.
  中国的制造业这一引擎正在溅出火花，这预示这亚洲其他国家如日本、韩国的出口面临困难。
• That bodes ill for Congress in the next general election in 2014.
  这预示着，在2014年的下一次国会选举中，国大党命运堪忧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Analysts have said the trend bodes ill for Japan's labor market in the long term because it would lead to a shortage of skilled workers.
  分析人士认为，从长远看，这一趋势对日本的劳动力市场是不详之兆，因为这会造成熟练工人的短缺。
• This bodes well for a professional and financial breakthrough.
  这个预示着一个事业上或者财务上的突破。
• 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。
• This bodes ill for the failure of the programme.
  这是那项计划有凶兆。
• 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。