bound

bound
bound
1. bound [baʊnd] vi (leap) springen; kangaroo hüpfen;
to \bound out of bed aus dem Bett springen n
(leap) Sprung m, Satz m;
with one [or a single] \bound mit einem Satz
PHRASES:
by leaps and \bounds sprunghaft
2. bound [baʊnd] vt usu passive (border)
to be \bounded by sth von etw dat [o durch etw akk] begrenzt werden n \bounds pl Grenze f;
to be outside the \bounds of acceptable behaviour die Grenze akzeptablen Verhaltens überschritten haben;
to be within the \bounds of the law sich akk im Rahmen des Gesetzes bewegen;
to go beyond the \bounds of possibility die Grenzen des Möglichen überschreiten;
to keep sth within \bounds etw in [vernünftigen] Grenzen halten;
to know no \bounds keine Grenzen kennen
PHRASES:
to be out of \bounds ball im Aus sein; area Sperrgebiet sein adj
pred (immersed in)
to be \bound up in sth von etw dat in Anspruch genommen sein;
to be \bound with sth mit etw dat in [engem] Zusammenhang stehen;
Britain's fate is inextricably \bound with Europe's das Schicksal Großbritanniens ist eng mit dem Schicksal Europas verbunden
3. bound [baʊnd] adj
inv
to be \bound for X unterwegs nach X sein;
where is this ship \bound for? wohin fährt dieses Schiff?;
to be \bound for success (fig) auf dem besten Weg sein, erfolgreich zu sein
4. bound [baʊnd] pt, pp of bind adj
pred, inv
1) (certain)
she's \bound to come sie kommt ganz bestimmt;
you're \bound to forget people's names occasionally man vergisst zwangsläufig ab und zu die Namen anderer Leute;
I'm \bound to say that ... (form) ich muss sagen, ...;
he's in the pub, I'll be \bound (dated); (a. hum) ich möchte wetten, er ist in der Kneipe;
to be \bound to happen zwangsläufig geschehen;
it was \bound to happen das musste so kommen
2) (obliged) verpflichtet;
to be \bound to do sth verpflichtet sein, etw zu tun
PHRASES:
to be \bound and determined (Am) [fest] entschlossen sein

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