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单词 bode
释义
bodebode /bəʊd $ boʊd/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbode
Origin:
2 Old English bodian
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things.
  • For a couple to be arguing so early in their relationship did not bode well for the future.
  • It never bodes good when she looks like that; she's using the girl as a stalking horse.
  • The evening had, on reflection, never boded well.
  • Those numbers bode well for the Raiders.
  • Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.
  • Word on the street is that Sub Pop refused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.
  • Yet, conservation biologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto show that something is going to happen
to be a sign that something is very likely to happen: · Dark clouds usually mean rain.mean (that): · High interest rates and high inflation mean a recession is not far away.· His new responsibilities at work mean Leroy will rarely see his children.take something to mean (that) (=believe that something is a sign of something): · Stein took off his glasses and rested his head on the back of the chair. I took this to mean that he wasn't going to say any more.
if a situation or action spells trouble, problems etc, it makes you expect that something bad will happen, because there are clear signs that it will: · No one thinks this could spell the closure of the firm, but things could be better.· Out-of-town retail developments often spell the death of independent high street shops.
formal to be a sign that something good or bad is likely to happen in the future: · Gandalf's late arrival did not bode well.bode well/ill for: · The drop in profits bodes ill for Japan's semiconductor industry.· The high early viewing figures bode well for writers Lane and Harvey, who hope to achieve network success.
to be a sign that something is going to happen soon, especially something important - used especially in literature or newspapers: · In February, the first storks arrive, heralding spring.· What changes do the attacks herald for everyday life in the US?· His prosecution perhaps heralds an end to the systematic corruption that has stained this government's reputation.herald something as: · Taxol has been heralded as a breakthrough in cancer treatment.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Somehow, it bodes well for the couture.· Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.· Dinner doesn't bode well for the food-loving gentleman entering the kitchen without a decent set of knives.· Word on the street is that Sub Pop refused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.· It boded well for the night.· Those numbers bode well for the Raiders.· It all seems to bode well for 1993 which, John Bennett reckons, should be better than 1992.· That would not bode well for public access.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The results of the opinion poll do not bode well for the Democrats.
  • Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things.
  • Somehow, it bodes well for the couture.
  • The evening had, on reflection, never boded well.
  • Things had connected, falling into a new shape - a shape that bode well for the future.
  • Those numbers bode well for the Raiders.
  • Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.
  • Word on the street is that Sub Pop refused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.
  • Yet, conservation biologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • A restrained virility that boded ill for anyone so incredibly foolish as to even think of challenging his authority.
  • It bodes ill that Mr Major, two-and-a-half years into office, still feels on trial.
  • Such ruthless distrust, she thought, boded ill.
  • The coincidence with union action boded ill for the survey; response rates to the questionnaire seemed likely to be very low.
  • This animosity boded ill for their future cooperation in East Prussia.
1the past tense of bide2bode well/ill (for somebody/something) to be a good or bad sign for the future SYN  augur:  The opinion polls do not bode well for the Democrats.
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