supposedly

adv.

1. 据信；据传；据说
   according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain
   1. The novel is supposedly based on a true story.
      据说这部小说是以一个真实的故事为依据的。

Pronounced /sə'pəʊzd/ or /sə'pəʊst/ for meanings 1 to 4, and /sə'pəʊzɪd/ for meaning 5. 义项 1 到 4 读作 /sə'pəʊzd/ 或 /sə'pəʊst/。义项 5 读作 /sə'pəʊzɪd/。


1. PHR-MODAL (按计划或期望)应当，应该，须
   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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
2. PHR-MODAL 本应该(发生而没有发生)
   If something was supposed to happen, it was planned or intended to happen, but did not in fact happen.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
3. PHR-MODAL 认为;觉得;相信
   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.
   1. '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。
   2. '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。
4. PHR-MODAL (表示恼怒)还是，竟
   You can use 'be supposed to' to express annoyance at someone's ideas, or because something is not happening in the proper way.
   1. You're supposed to be my friend!...
      你还是我朋友呢！
   2. 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。
   3. What am I supposed to have done wrong now?
      我这会儿究竟做错了什么？
5. ADJ 误以为的;误信的;所谓的
   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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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. The recent murder happened in broad daylight in a supposedly 'safe' part of London.
   最近的这起谋杀案是光天化日之下在伦敦一个据称“安全”的城区发生的。
2. He'd made it seem rather a lark, to be visiting a supposedly haunted house.
   他把到一间据说闹鬼的屋子探访说得好像多有意思似的。
3. Why did these men fight and die? Supposedly it was to make the world safe for democracy.
   为什么这些人战死了呢？据说，是为了在全世界实现民主。
4. Sundays are cheat days and supposedly the only time the couple goes out to eat.
   周日是他们的放纵日，这大概是这对夫妇唯一上餐馆吃饭的一天。
5. Putin's last public appearance was supposedly on March 8, International Women's Day.
   普京最后一次公开露面可能是3月8日国际妇女节。
6. Supposedly five and we have a reservation. I guess the other two are still on their way.
   应该总共有五个。我们有预约的。我想其它二个还在路上吧！
7. Two weeks after you supposedly killed him.
   就在他应该已经被你杀了的两周后。
8. A: ( Supposedly/ I heard/ they say), it was the first time he did heroin.
   （据称/听说/们说）这是他第一次吸食海洛因。
9. Clyde's sister ran away, supposedly to be married.
   克莱德的姐姐私奔了，据推测是和人结了婚。
10. A supposedly primitive man later proven to be a hoax.
    假想中的原始人，后来证明是个骗局。
11. Then a tragedy overwhelmed the family. Clyde's sister ran away, supposedly to be married.
    就在这时，一件不幸的事情使家里人悲痛不堪：克莱德的姐姐私奔了，据推测是和人结了婚。
12. We could supposedly emerge as a smaller but healthier company.
    我们可以作为一个规模较小但较为健康的公司而东山再起。
13. Maybe in this world it really happens that you've already lost something the moment you supposedly possess it.
    也许世界上真的有一种东西，在你拥有的时候，其实已经失去了。
14. Not bad for a country supposedly in long-term decline.
    对一个被认为陷于长期衰落的国家而言，这种情况很不错了。
15. The findings contradict studies that have recently shown that supposedly typical or middle-class families have been hardest hit.
    上述发现与最近的一些研究相矛盾，那些研究显示，所谓的典型或中产阶级家庭受到的打击最大。
16. The turmoil in markets for supposedly safe sovereign debt shows why risk weights can be so dangerous.
    本该安全的主权债务市场的动荡显示了，为什么风险加权可以变得如此危险。
17. Over the next few months, my supposedly "fixed" disability payments somehow increased by20%.
    过了几个月，我原本以为不可能有变化的疾患补偿金莫名其妙地增加了20%。
18. Supposedly going on for a year or so about two years ago.
    大约在两年前持续了一年。
19. They exhibited their supposedly occult powers.
    他们显示了他们的据称是玄秘的法力。
20. Supposedly being murdered live on the internet.
    像是在网络上给活生生地谋杀了。
21. Now what exactly did Lampard supposedly say? Your thoughts please!
    现在你认为兰帕德到底说了什么？请回复你的答案！
22. It's Easter weekend and supposedly spring.
    这是复活节的周末，想象中应该是春天了。
23. Yours and your* Twin brother who supposedly died at birth.
    你和你那个照理说应该在出生时就死了的双胞胎弟弟。
24. What then would be the right response to this latest scrape that supposedly sophisticated financial markets have fallen into?
    那么，对于人们印象中复杂成熟的金融市场所陷入的这个最新困境，什么才是正确的应对之策呢？
25. I am comparing these dances with for example the methods used by Reich with orgone generators and all such things which were probably supposedly to have similar effects.
    我将这些舞蹈和Reich在生命力发动机和所有类似的可能应当有相似影响的事物上使用的方法做比较。
26. You mean the Lucas that you're supposedly dating?
    你是说该跟你约会的那个卢卡斯？
27. We've talked about Stephen several times already, he's supposedly the first Christian martyr.
    我们已经讲过几次司提反了，他可能是最早的基督教殉教者。
28. Dude robs the bank, then goes home and supposedly commits suicide.
    那家伙抢了银行，然后回家自杀了。
29. Supposedly, you're a lawyer. isn't that too bad for me?
    或许，你是个律师，对我来说算是不错的吧？
30. Private enterprise, in other words, delivers more equality than the supposedly egalitarian world of academia does.
    换言之，相比假想中属于平等主义世界的学术界而言，私人企业提供了更多的平等。

adv

1. believed or reputed to be the case

   Synonym:    purportedly