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

• 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。
• 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。
• Indeed, despite their errors, this attitude bodes well for the future, and is a heartening sign of a focus on human prosperity.
  他们的确有谬误，但他们的态度预示着一个更好的未来，他们对人类繁荣前景的关心也是一个鼓舞人心的标志。
• 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。
• 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 Madagascar's local species.
  这种担忧是来源于马达加斯加本地的品种。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• This bodes ill for China's panel survivors who should otherwise benefit from their competitors going under.
  这对中国幸存的面板制造商来说不是什么好兆头。如果价格不跌，这些公司本可以因竞争对手的破产而受益。