| 释义 |
phrasebe bound to
be bound to sth/sb formal to have made a formal agreement or promise to obey something or someone: I'm afraid that you have signed a contract and therefore you are bound to it. Miller started the society, and its members were bound by oaths to him personally.
(redirected from be bound to)be bound to (be or do something)To be apt or likely to do something. We all thought that Doug was bound to be an artist, so we were very surprised when he became a trader on Wall Street. A: "Do you think it will rain today?" B: "It hasn't rained for weeks, so it's bound to." bound to, beBe certain or destined to; also, be determined or resolved to. For example, We are bound to hear from them soon, or No matter what they say, she is bound to run for mayor. This usage is derived from the older sense of bound as "obliged." [Mid-1500s] |