| 单词 | bode ill |
| 释义 | bode illbode ill 1 SHOW/BE A SIGN OFto be a good or bad sign for the future （对某人/某事）是吉兆/凶兆 SYN augur The opinion polls do not bode well for the Democrats. 民意调查的结果对于民主党不是个好兆头。 Examples from the Corpus bode well/ill (for somebody/something)• The evening had, on reflection, never boded well.• Word on the street is that Sub Pop refused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.• Somehow, it bodes well for the couture.• The results of the opinion poll do not bode well for the Democrats.• Things had connected, falling into a new shape - a shape that bode well for the future.• Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpid dependency, which did not bode well for the future.• Yet, conservation biologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.• Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things.• Those numbers bode well for the Raiders. → bode well/ill (for somebody/something) at bode(1) 2 formal to give you a reason to think that something bad will happen 是不好的预兆 The look on his face boded ill for somebody. 他的脸色对某人来说是不好的兆头。 Examples from the Corpus bode ill• Such ruthless distrust, she thought, boded ill.• A restrained virility that boded ill for anyone so incredibly foolish as to even think of challenging his authority.• 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.• It bodes ill that Mr Major, two-and-a-half years into office, still feels on trial. → bode ill at ill2(3) |
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