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。
• The sunshine bodes well for our barbecue.
  明媚的阳光对我们的烤肉野餐是个吉兆。
• 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 ill for Madagascar's local species.
  这种担忧是来源于马达加斯加本地的品种。
• 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。
• 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。
• Demand from the advanced economies bodes well, Li-Gang Liu, ANZ economist, wrote in a report.
  发达经济体的需求是个好兆头，澳新银行（ANZ）经济学家刘利刚在报告中写道。
• But the fact that individual countries are already taking this on bodes well for the future.
  个别国家现已开始行动，这对今后的工作是良好的兆头。
• The victory of the Conservative candidates in the election bodes ill for the chances of reform.
  保守党候选人在大选中获胜对改革的可能性不是好兆头。
• The crow's cry bodes rain.
  乌鸦啼预示要下雨。