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suppose

Word family 
sup·pose /səˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitiveT]   SPOKEN PHRASES
6  be supposed to do/be something 
a) SHOULD/OUGHT TOused to say what someone should or should not do, especially because of rules or what someone in authority has said 应该做某事/是某事物
 We’re supposed to check out of the hotel by 11 o'clock.
我们应该在 11 点之前从酒店退房。
 I’m not supposed to tell anyone.
我不能告诉任何人的。
 What time are you supposed to be there?
你应该几点到那儿？
b) INTENDPURPOSEused to say what was or is expected or intended to happen, especially when it did not happen 本应[本该]做某事/是某事物〔用于表示某事本应发生而没有发生〕
 No one was supposed to know about it.
不应该有人知道此事的。
 The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we’ve had to postpone it.
会议本应该在周二召开的，但我们不得不将它推迟了。
 The new laws are supposed to prevent crime.
这些新法令本该起到预防犯罪的作用。
c) used to say that something is believed to be true by many people, although it might not be true or you might disagree 被相信[被认为]做某事/是某事物
 The castle is supposed to be haunted.
这座城堡据说闹鬼。
 ‘Dirty Harry’ is supposed to be one of Eastwood’s best films.
《辣手神探夺命枪》被认为是伊斯特伍德的最佳影片之一。
 Mrs Carver is supposed to have a lot of money.
据说卡弗夫人很有钱。
Examples from the Corpus
be supposed to do/be something• "Ultra Velvet" is supposed to perform at the club on Friday.• And he was supposed to be a friend.• By law, the costs of holding a fund-raising event are supposed to be reported as a noncash campaign contribution.• He was supposed to be getting that for the gerbil babies, but his hopes were fading.• I was supposed to be at work in my bookshop in Petersfield, Hampshire.• She wouldn't understand that it was supposed to be a protest.• This was supposed to be her final victory over him, supposed to establish her rule once and for all.• Truthfully, the weather in South Florida is supposed to be balmy.• You were supposed to be Gibson in the role-playing.• I didn't really like the book, but the movie is supposed to be very funny.• Mrs. Carver is supposed to have a lot of money.• No one was supposed to know about it.• This is supposed to be the best Chinese restaurant in town.• Was that supposed to be a joke?• We're supposed to check out of the hotel by 11:00.• What time are you supposed to be there?• You're not supposed to smoke in the building.
7  THINK SO/NOT BE SUREto think that something is probably true, based on what you know 认为，料想，猜想，假定 SYN presume
 There were many more deaths than was first supposed.
死亡人数远远超过最初的预料。
suppose (that)
 What makes you suppose we’re going to sell the house?
你凭什么认为我们准备卖掉这栋房子？
 There’s no reason to suppose (=it is unlikely that) he’s lying.
没有理由认为他在说谎。
5 GRAMMAR 语法
Do not say ‘be suppose to do something’. Use be supposed to 不要说 ‘be suppose to do something’. 而要用 be supposed to
You’re supposed to take your shoes off.
你该把鞋脱了。
He’s supposed to be very clever.
据说他非常聪明。
n Grammar
In more formal English, you can say it is supposed that something is true:
It is usually supposed that girls are less aggressive than boys.
8  formalEXPECT to expect that something will happen or be true, and to base your plans on it 假定，预期；以…为条件
 The company’s plan supposes a steady increase in orders.
公司的这个计划前提是订单会稳定地增加。
Examples from the Corpus
suppose• "What is this?" "It's one of Beethoven's violin sonatas, I suppose."• They are looking for clues, I suppose.• Upon my word, it looks as if my time today has not been so idly wasted as you suppose.• Walking round the pond, I suppose.• His government has lasted longer than his enemies supposed.• The role of Churchill in the development of full employment policy is greater than has generally been supposed.• There are many reasons to suppose that Shakespeare was familiar with the stories of medieval Italy.• We have no reason to suppose that the girl is dead.• I would have supposed that the question in Reg. v. Lawrence was whether appropriation necessarily involved an absence of consent.• Or suppose that your husband gave you a cheque for £15,000; wouldn't that be worth a hug?• He was supposed to be a temporary candidate in 1992, he said, to enable Perot to get on the ballot.• How were they supposed to live?
suppose (that)• For example, suppose a researcher wishes to determine the influence of military service on later civilian earnings.• If she didn't change it, I suppose Doogie could always poison it.• After all his attention, Mattie supposed he would ask her to marry him.• They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him.• This was supposed to be a set of professional fence-building equipment, but actually looked like a hoard of junk.• He could pack a union hall, as no one in the seventies was supposed to be able to do.• Suddenly I was forty years old and standing in the very place where my dreams were supposed to come true.• This is all fine advice, and it is the way teaching all children is supposed to go.• It is supposed to save money and impose some market discipline on bureaucracy's natural tendency to swell.
Origin suppose
(1300-1400) Old French supposer, from Latin supponere “to put under, substitute”, from sub- ( → SUB-) + ponere “to put”
sup·pose verb →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
→SPOKEN PHRASES1
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