2009년 7월 24일 금요일

Be tipped to do something, be tipped for something

10. VERB : usu passive
If a person is tipped to do something or is tipped for success at something, experts or journalists believe that they will do that thing or achieve that success.[BRIT]
  • He is tipped to be the country's next foreign minister.
  • He was widely tipped for success.
.... Cobuild

Tip: 4. be likely to succeed [transitive usually passive]
if someone or something is tipped to do something, people think that they are most likely to succeed in doing it
  • tip somebody/something to do something:
    .... the man tipped to become the next President
  • tip somebody for/as something:
    ....
    He's tipped as a future world champion.
  • widely/strongly/hotly tipped:
    ....
    He had been widely tipped to get the new post of deputy director.
.... Longman

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