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| /baʊnd/ |
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| 1 | +to something that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen 一定的；几乎肯定的 |
| If you have problems at home, it’ s bound to affect your work. 如果你家里有问题的话，一定会影响你的工作。 |
| The kids are out late, so of course she’ s bound to worry. 孩子们很晚了还外出未归，她当然是会担心的。 |
| Knowing Jim, he’ s bound to be late. 因为了解吉姆，知道他肯定会迟到。 |
| She’ s bound to find out sooner or later. 她迟早会发现。 |
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| 2 | having an obligation to do something because of a law , promise etc 有义务的；有责任的；受约束的 |
| By signing the contract you agree to be bound by its terms. 签这份合同就表明你同意受其条款约束。 |
| be bound by sth to do sth If her patient threatens to kill someone, she is bound by law to inform the police. 如果她的病人威胁要杀人，根据法律她有责任通知警察。 |
| | 2a | feeling that you should do something because you are expected to , or because it is morally right , even if you do not really want to do it 理应…的 | | be/feel bound to do sth We felt bound to tell her that her son had been taking drugs. 我们觉得有必要告诉她她的儿子在吸毒。 | | duty/honour bound journalists who feel honour bound to protect their sources of information 觉得道义上有责任保护消息来源的新闻记者 | |
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| 3 | a bound book has a leather , cloth , or paper cover 有封面的 |
| a bound volume of the whole trilogy 一部配有封面的整套三部曲 |
| +in an old book of poems, bound in dark leather 深色皮面装帧的旧诗集 |
| PHRASES |
| - | be bound up/together
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| people or things that are bound together are connected by qualities that they all share |
| 具有同样的特点；联系在一起 |
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| families who are bound together by their shared experiences 由共同的经历联系起来的家庭 |
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| - | be bound up in/with sth
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| ideas, feelings, or issues that are bound up with each other are connected very closely , so that it is difficult to think of them separately |
| 与某物有密切关系 |
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| His political philosophy was closely bound up with his religious beliefs. 他的政治哲学与他的宗教信仰密切相关。 |
| Climate change is closely bound up in the whole issue of energy consumption. 气候的变化与整个能源消耗问题密切相关。 |
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| - | bound for...
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| 1 | travelling towards a place 前往…的 | The drugs were found on a container ship that was bound for Spain. 在一条开往西班牙的集装箱船中发现了毒品。 | | a taxi bound for Heathrow airport 开往希思罗机场的出租车 | |
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| 2 | very likely to do something in the future 将来很有可能要（做某事）的 | Stan was doing a Master’ s at Harvard, and bound for a career in finance. 斯坦在哈佛大学攻读硕士，将来很有可能要从事金融业。 | |
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| - | I’ ll be bound old-fashioned
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| used when you have said something that you are certain is true |
| 我敢肯定；我确信 |
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| - | I’ m bound to say spoken
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| used when you are going to say something that may annoy or upset someone , for example because it expresses a criticism |
| 我得说 |
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| I’ m bound to say I expected better work than this. 我得说我期待工作完成得比这更好。 |
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