supposed
adj. (按规定、法律、协议等)(不)应当; 假定的; (只用于否定句)不准; (对某人所说的话表示气愤或不大理解)那是什么意思
v. 料想( suppose的过去式和过去分词); 意味着; [用于被动语态]认为应该; [用于祈使句]让
If you say that something is supposed to happen, you mean that it is planned or expected. Sometimes this use suggests that the thing does not really happen in this way.
He produced a handwritten list of nine men he was supposed to kill...
他拿出了一份手写的名单,上面列有 9 个他应该要杀死的人。
Public spending is supposed to fall, not rise, in the next few years.
在接下来的几年里,政府开支应该会下降,而不是上升。
If something was supposed to happen, it was planned or intended to happen, but did not in fact happen.
He was supposed to go back to Bergen on the last bus, but of course the accident prevented him...
他本来要乘最后一班汽车回卑尔根,但当然,这起事故使他没能回去。
The first debate was supposed to have been held on Tuesday.
第一场辩论本该在星期二就举行了。
If you say that something is supposed to be true, you mean that people say it is true but you do not know for certain that it is true.
'The Whipping Block' has never been published, but it's supposed to be a really good poem...
《鞭笞刑具》还从未发表过,但大家认为它是一首真正的好诗。
'The President cannot be disturbed,' his son is supposed to have told an early morning caller.
“校长不能见客,”他的儿子应该已经这样告知了一位一大清早就来了的拜访者。
You can use 'be supposed to' to express annoyance at someone's ideas, or because something is not happening in the proper way.
You're supposed to be my friend!...
你还是我朋友呢!
Don't try to tell me what I'm supposed to be feeling...
别跟我说我到底该作何感想。
You can use supposed to suggest that something that people talk about or believe in may not in fact exist, happen, or be as it is described.
Not all indigenous regimes were willing to accept the supposed benefits of British trade.
并非所有当地的政权都愿意接受与英国贸易的所谓好处。
...when the rule of law is broken by its supposed guardians.
当法治被其所谓的捍卫者破坏时
1. firmly believed;
2. mistakenly believed;
3. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds;
4. designed to;
5. doubtful or suspect;
6. required or under orders;
7. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
I'm supposed to be a scholar, but all my life I've always had to bow to the rich people.
说起来是斯文人, 一辈子见着有钱的打恭作揖.
All her neighbours supposed her to be an actress.
街坊都以为她是一个演员.
They supposed him dead.
他们以为他死了.
Every pupil is supposed to be in his classroom at 9 a.m.
上午9点时每个学生都应当在教室里.
Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.
据说吃菠菜能使人强壮.