supposed
adj. (按規定、法律、協議等)(不)應當; 假定的; (只用於否定句)不準; (對某人所說的話表示氣憤或不大理解)那是什麼意思
v. 料想( suppose的過去式和過去分詞); 意味著; [用於被動語態]認為應該; [用於祈使句]讓
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...
他拿出了一份手寫的名單,上面列有 9 個他應該要殺死的人。
Public spending is supposed to fall, not rise, in the next few years.
在接下來的幾年裡,政府開支應該會下降,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...
他本來要乘最後一班汽車回卑爾根,但當然,這起事故使他沒能回去。
The first debate was supposed to have been held on Tuesday.
第一場辯論本該在星期二就舉行了。
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》還從未發表過,但大家認為它是一首真正的好詩。
'The President cannot be disturbed,' his son is supposed to have told an early morning caller.
“校長不能見客,”他的兒子應該已經這樣告知了一位一大清早就來了的拜訪者。
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!...
你還是我朋友呢!
Don't try to tell me what I'm supposed to be feeling...
別跟我說我到底該作何感想。
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.
並非所有當地的政權都願意接受與英國貿易的所謂好處。
...when the rule of law is broken by its supposed guardians.
當法治被其所謂的捍衛者破壞時
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.
說起來是斯文人, 一輩子見著有錢的打恭作揖.
All her neighbours supposed her to be an actress.
街坊都以為她是一個演員.
They supposed him dead.
他們以為他死了.
Every pupil is supposed to be in his classroom at 9 a.m.
上午9點時每個學生都應當在教室裡.
Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.
據說吃菠菜能使人強壯.