1. The supposed prince was really a beggar in disguise.
    那个被信以为真的王子，原来是个乔装的乞丐。

2. Her supposed wealth is a very small sum.
    她可谓的财产只是很小的一笔钱。

A：Hello! Which bus should I take to railway station?
      你好！请问到火车站，我该做哪路车？

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B：You can take a No. 22 bus here.
      您可以在这儿乘坐22路公共汽车。

A：Where am I supposed to change?
      我应该在哪站换车？

B：At University street.
      在学院路换车。

A：I think it’’s going to be a nice day.
      我想今天会是一个好天。

B：It’’s certainly a big improvement over yesterday.
      肯定比昨天大有好转。

A：But it’’s supposed to get cloudy and windy again this afternoon.
      但是，据说今天下午又要转阴刮风了。

B：Well, the worst of the winter should be over.
      不过，冬天最糟糕的一段日子总该过去了。

A：Flowers. Now that's romantic.
      花。这才叫浪漫。

B：They're plastic and will never die. They're supposed to be a symbol of endless love.
      它们是塑胶的，永不凋谢。那些花象征永恒的爱。

A：The two of you were definitely made for each other. Thank God, my match-making work is over...Now it's your turn.
      你们两个真是天造地设的一对。谢天谢地，我不用再牵红线了……现在换你了。

B：What?
      换我干嘛？

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A：Do you have Don's number?
      你有唐的电话吗？

1. 假定的：suppose 假设 | supposed 假定的 | supposedly 想像上

2. 假定的/推测的：suppose ;假定/推测 | supposed ;假定的/推测的 | suppress ;抑制

1. (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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. ''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。
    e.g. ''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. (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.

    e.g. You''re supposed to be my friend!...
           你还是我朋友呢！
    e.g. 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。

5. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...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. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

    e.g. theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
           the supposed reason for his absence
           suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
           hypothetical situation

    Synonym: conjecturaldivinatoryhypotheticalhypotheticsuppositionalsuppositioussupposititious

2. doubtful or suspect

    e.g. these so-called experts are no help

    Synonym: alleged(a)so-called