bound
adj. 一定會,註定會; 緊密相連的; 準備前往…的
n. 跳躍; 界限,限制
v. 跳躍前進; 與…毗鄰; 迅速增長
v. (bind的過去式和過去分詞)使緊密聯絡; 約束; 捆綁; 裝訂
Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind .
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.
There are bound to be price increases next year...
明年物價一定會上漲。
If you are topless in a public place, this sort of thing is bound to happen.
如果你在公共場所裸露上身,這種事情一定會發生。
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.
I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know...
我會把它給本傑明看,他肯定會知道。
We'll have more than one child, and one of them's bound to be a boy.
我們會有不止一個孩子,而且其中一定有個男孩。
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.
We are as tightly bound to the people we dislike as to the people we love...
不管是我們討厭的人還是喜愛的人都一樣和我們密切相關。
Economic growth is still bound to the issues of poverty, social justice and conservation.
經濟增長仍然與貧困、社會公正和資源保護等問題緊密相連。
If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling towards it.
The ship was bound for Italy.
這艘船駛向義大利。
...a Russian plane bound for Berlin.
飛往柏林的俄羅斯飛機
You can say 'I am bound to say' to introduce a statement expressing something that you find undesirable or unexpected.
I'm bound to say that it seems to me this is certain to lead to violence.
我不得不說,在我看來這肯定會引發暴力事件。
If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place.
The manager of a company does not like having a large chunk of his wealth bound up in its shares...
一家公司經理不願意讓大筆財富套在股票裡。
They'd have a lot of hydrogen sulfide gas bound up in their cells.
他們的牢房裡有大量的硫化氫氣體。
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.
My fate was bound up with hers...
我和她的命運緊密相連。
The story of their exploration is inextricably bound up with the character of the caves themselves...
他們的勘探經歷與這些洞穴本身的特徵有著不可分割的緊密聯絡。
1. a line determining the limits of an area
2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
3. a light springing movement upwards or forwards
1. move forward by leaps and bounds;
2. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
3. place limits on (extent or access);
4. spring back; spring away from an impact;
1. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
2. confined by bonds;
3. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form;
4. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate;
5. covered or wrapped with a bandage;
6. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';
7. bound by an oath;
8. bound by contract
9. confined in the bowels;
jump, leap, spring, hop, bound, skip
這些動詞均有"跳,跳躍"之意。
in bounds
在運動場地邊線以內
out of bounds
超出界限
bound up in
熱衷於,獻身於,沉迷於
bound up with (或 in)
與…有密切關係的
I'll be bound
我敢肯定
I'm bound to say
我有責任說
He is bound up with this matter.
他和這件事情有關.
He is bound to succeed in his enterprise.
他在事業上一定會成功.
Pete, ever the optimist, said things were bound to improve.
一向樂觀的皮特說,事情必定是會好轉的.
I bound the cloth around my head to stop the bleeding.
我將布裹在頭上止血.
She bound the cuffs of a jacket with leather.
她給短外衣的袖口包皮邊.