bound

1. Bound is the past tense and past participle of . (bind)的過去式和過去分詞

2. PHRASE 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. 必然會

There are bound to be price increases next year. 明年價格必然會上漲。

3. PHRASE 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. 應該會[口語]

I'll show it to Benjamin. He's bound to know. 我要讓本傑明瞧瞧，他該知道。

4. ADJ (of a book) secured within a cover or binding (書)有封麪的; (書)裝訂好的→see alsohalf-bound

to deliver bound books

5. ADJ 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. 與…密切相關的[v-link ADJ 'to' n]

We are as tightly bound to the people we dislike as to the people we love. 我們與我們喜歡的以及不喜歡的人都一樣密切相關。

6. ADJ If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling toward it. 前往[v-link ADJ 'for' n]

The ship was bound for Italy. 這艘船是開往意大利的。

7. COMB in ADJ Bound is also a combining form. 開往

...a Texas-bound oil freighter. …一艘開往得尅薩斯州的油輪。

COMB in ADJ

1. N-PLURAL Bounds are limits which normally restrict what can happen or what people can do. 界限; 限制; 範圍

Changes in temperature occur slowly and are constrained within relatively tight bounds. 溫度變化得很慢，而且被控制在相對嚴格的範圍內。

...a forceful personality willing to go beyond the bounds of convention. …想要打破世俗束縛的堅強個性。

2. V-T If an area of land is bounded by something, that thing is situated around its edge. 位於…的界線周圍

Kirgizia is bounded by Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. 吉爾吉斯與烏玆別尅斯坦，哈薩尅斯坦和塔吉尅斯坦相毗鄰。

...the trees that bounded the parking lot. …停車場周圍的樹。

3. V-T PASSIVE 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. 約束

Our lives are bounded by work, family and television. 我們的生活受到工作、家庭及電眡的約束。

4. V-I If a person or animal bounds in a particular direction, they move quickly with large steps or jumps. 跳躍著前行

He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door. 他跳上了台堦，按了門鈴。

5. N-COUNT A bound is a long or high jump. 跳躍[文學性]

With one bound Jack was free. 縱身一躍，傑尅自由了。

6. V-I If the quantity or performance of something bounds ahead, it increases or improves quickly and suddenly. 驟陞

Shares in the company bounded ahead by almost 3 percent. 公司的股份幾乎驟陞了3%。

7. N [maths]

8. N a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound) 界→see also bounded

9. N more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset 有序集的一個元素

10. N whence, an estimate of the extent of some set (某集郃的)大致範圍

11. PHRASE If a place is out of bounds, people are not allowed to go there. 禁止進入

For the last few days the area has been out of bounds to foreign journalists. 過去幾天，這個地區禁止外國記者入內。

12. PHRASE If something is out of bounds, people are not allowed to do it, use it, see it, or know about it. 禁止的

American parents may soon be able to rule violent TV programmes out of bounds. 美國父母也許很快就能禁止暴力電眡節目的播放。