单词 | bode ill |
释义 | bode ill From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbode illbode illformal to give you a reason to think that something bad will happen The look on his face boded ill for somebody. → illExamples from the Corpusbode 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. |
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