2bode well/ill (for somebody/something)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。
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bode well/ill (for somebody/something)• The evening had, on reflection, never boded well.• Word on the street is that SubPoprefused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.• Somehow, it bodes well for the couture.• The results of the opinionpoll 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 torpiddependency, which did not bode well for the future.• Yet, conservationbiologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.• Even if they are fictionalcharacters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things.• Those numbers bode well for the Raiders.
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bode• It never bodes good when she looks like that; she's using the girl as a stalkinghorse.• For a couple to be arguing so early in their relationship did not bode well for the future.• Unsurprisingly, refugees often fell into a torpiddependency, which did not bode well for the future.• Yet, conservationbiologists have begun to wonder if these long-hoped-for changes bode well for the land.• Even if they are fictionalcharacters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things.• Those numbers bode well for the Raiders.• The evening had, on reflection, never boded well.• Word on the street is that SubPoprefused the new Friends' second album, which may not bode well.