supposedly

英 [səˈpəʊzɪdli]

美 [səˈpoʊzɪdli]

adv.  据信; 据传; 据说

TOEFLIELTS

BNC.5933 / COCA.4551

牛津词典

adv.

• 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。

柯林斯词典

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/。


• PHR-MODAL (按计划或期望)应当，应该，须
  If you say that somethingis supposed tohappen, 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。
• PHR-MODAL 本应该(发生而没有发生)
  If somethingwas supposed tohappen, 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。
• PHR-MODAL 认为;觉得;相信
  If you say that somethingis supposed tobe 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。
• 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？
• ADJ 误以为的;误信的;所谓的
  You can usesupposedto 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

英英释义

adv

• believed or reputed to be the case
  Synonym:purportedly

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。