2PHR-MODAL 一定会;必然会;注定会 If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is already known or exists. 一定会;必然会;注定会
There are bound to be price increases next year.
明年物价一定会上涨。
If you are topless in a public place, this sort of thing is bound to happen.
如果你在公共场所裸露上身,这种事情一定会发生。
3PHR-MODAL (对某事并不确定或无确凿证据时,认为其)肯定会,确定是 If you say that something is bound to happen or be true, you feel confident and certain of it, although you have no definite knowledge or evidence. (对某事并不确定或无确凿证据时,认为其)肯定会,确定是 [spoken]
I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know.
我会把它给本杰明看,他肯定会知道。
We'll have more than one child, and one of them's bound to be a boy.
我们会有不止一个孩子,而且其中一定有个男孩。
4ADJ-GRADED (与…)紧密相连的;(与…)密切相关的;(同…)难以分开的 If one person, thing, or situation is bound to another, they are closely associated with each other, and it is difficult for them to be separated or to escape from each other. (与…)紧密相连的;(与…)密切相关的;(同…)难以分开的
We are as tightly bound to the people we dislike as to the people we love. [+ to]
不管是我们讨厌的人还是喜爱的人都一样和我们密切相关。
Economic growth is still bound to the issues of poverty, social justice and conservation.
经济增长仍然与贫困、社会公正和资源保护等问题紧密相连。
5ADJ 要到…去的;驶往…的 If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling towards it. 要到…去的;驶往…的
The ship was bound for Italy. [+ for]
这艘船驶向意大利。
...a Russian plane bound for Berlin. [+ for]
飞往柏林的俄罗斯飞机
SYN going to, travelling to, flying to, on its way to
Bound is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
...a Texas-bound oil freighter.
驶往得克萨斯的油轮
...homeward-bound commuters.
下班回家的通勤者
6PHRASE [PHRASE that]我不得不说(令人不快或出乎意料的事) You can say 'I am bound to say' to introduce a statement expressing something that you find undesirable or unexpected. 我不得不说(令人不快或出乎意料的事) [formal]
I'm bound to say that it seems to me this is certain to lead to violence.
我不得不说,在我看来这肯定会引发暴力事件。
7PHRASE 以…的形式;被容纳在…里 If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place. 以…的形式;被容纳在…里
The manager of a company does not like having a large chunk of his wealth bound up in its shares.
一家公司经理不愿意让大笔财富套在股票里。
They'd have a lot of hydrogen sulfide gas bound up in their cells.
他们的牢房里有大量的硫化氢气体。
8PHRASE 与…密切相关的;同…难以分开的 If one thing is bound up with or in another, they are closely connected with each other, and it is difficult to consider the two things separately. 与…密切相关的;同…难以分开的
My fate was bound up with hers.
我和她的命运紧密相连。
The story of their exploration is inextricably bound up with the character of the caves themselves.
他们的勘探经历与这些洞穴本身的特征有着不可分割的紧密联系。
Their interests were completely bound up in their careers.
3V-PASSIVE 限制;约束 If someone's life or situation is bounded by certain things, those are its most important aspects and it is limited or restricted by them. 限制;约束
Our lives are bounded by work, family and television. [beVERB-ed + by]