•[+ to infinitive] You're bound to forget people's names occasionally.你肯定会偶尔忘记别人的名字。

•You're bound to feel nervous about your interview.面试时你很可能会感到紧张。

•These two young musicians are bound for international success (= are certain to be successful).这两位年轻的音乐家一定会蜚声国际。

•They are bound and determined to build their own house someday.他们坚信总有一天他们会盖起自己的房子。

•He's in the pub, I'll be bound.我敢肯定他在酒吧。

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•The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions.公司受一项特殊协定的约束，须请工会参与重大决策。

•She feels (duty) bound to tell him everything.她觉得自己有义务告诉他一切。

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•We found the girl bound and gagged.我们发现女孩被绑住了，嘴也堵上了。

•The book was bound in shiny green leather.该书是用闪亮的绿皮面装帧的。

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•She was on a plane bound for Moscow when she became ill.她在前往莫斯科的飞机上突然生病了。

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•The village is bounded on one side by a river.村庄的一边以一条河为界。

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•With one bound the dog was over the fence.那条狗一下就跃过了篱笆。

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•The committee felt that newspaper coverage of the murder went beyond reasonable bounds.委员会觉得报纸对谋杀案的报导超出了正常的范围。

•What you did was beyond/outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.你的所作所为令人无法接受。

•His desire for political power apparently knows no bounds (= seems to be unlimited).他对政治权力的欲望显然没有止境。