[noobj.](bode well/ill)be a portent of a particular outcome 预示,为…的兆头 their argument did not bode well for the future. 他们的争论预示前景不妙。 [with obj.]the 12 per cent interest rate bodes dark days ahead for retailers. 12%的利率预示零售商黑暗日子即将到来。
语源
Old English bodian 'proclaim, foretell', from boda 'messenger', of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to bid