betide

英 [bɪˈtaɪd]

美 [bɪˈtaɪd]

v.  预示; 发生；降临

复数：betides　现在分词：betiding　过去式：betided　第三人称单数：betides　过去分词：betided　

BNC.22178 / COCA.41200

习惯用语

v.

woe betide sbwoe to sb
• （用以警告某人会有麻烦）…就要倒霉，…将会遭殃
  a phrase that is used to warn sb that there will be trouble for them if they do sth or do not do sth
• Woe betide anyone who gets in her way!
  谁挡住她的路谁就会遭殃！

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 灾祸降临于
  If you saywoe betideanyone who does a particular thing, you mean that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do it.
  1. Woe betide anyone who got in his way.
     逆他者亡。

英英释义

verb

• become of
  1. He promised that no harm would befall her
  2. What has become of my children?
  Synonym:befallbechance

双语例句

• Woe betide the youngster who is less than respectful.
  那个年轻人态度不恭要吃苦头的。
• Woe betide the candidate who fails to recognise the urgency of this simulated crisis.
  如果不能辨识出这种模拟危机的紧迫性，候选者就会遇到麻烦。
• Woe betide anyone who got in his way.
  逆他者亡。
• Woe betide any predator that gets a mouthful of such hairs when attacking a crested rat.
  捕食者在捕杀黄冠鼠时如果吃下满嘴毛发的话，那么它也将大难临头了。
• Woe betide us if we're not ready on time.
  要是我们不按时准备好那就要倒霉了。
• That was the rule, and woe betide anyone who ignored it.
  这是规矩，谁不遵守谁就要倒霉。
• Betide what may, we will not despair, were the world never so unfriendly.
  不管发生什么事，我们都不会绝望，即使世界变得非常的冷酷无情。
• Such omens betide no good.
  这种征兆预示情况不妙。
• An old saying describes it this way: "sound travelling far and wide, a stormy day will betide."
  一句古老的谚语描述这种现象时说道：“声音传得又远又广，暴风雨的一天将会来临。”
• Woe betide you if you betray us.
  如果你背叛我们，你会得到报应。