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单词 supposed
释义 sup·posed
\-zd sometimes -zə̇d\ adjective
Etymology: from past participle of suppose (I)
1.
 a. : believed to be or accepted as such usually on slight grounds or in error : erroneously imputed or ascribed
  < the supposed necessary laws of economics — M.R.Cohen >
 also : imagined
  < certain supposed evils which perhaps are not very real evils — A.B.Walkley >
 b. : expected — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < the United States was supposed to present the greatest ratification difficulties — E.P.Chase >
 c. : understood — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < you will be supposed to refer to my grandaunt — G.B.Shaw >
2.
 a. : pretended — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < twelve hours are supposed to elapse between Acts I and II — A.S.Sullivan >
 b. : alleged — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < we are supposed to be stable and weary and lacking new ideas — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 >
3.
 a. : intended — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < it explains considerable but has to be strained beyond belief to explain all it is supposed to — H.J.Muller >
 b. : designed — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < what's that button supposed to do >
4.
 a. : under orders : required — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < the soldier … was supposed to furl the side flaps in the morning — Norman Mailer >
 b. : permitted — used in the phrase be supposed to
  < you're not supposed to leave the guardroom at all this morning — Robert Lowry >
sup·pos·ed·ly \-zə̇dlē, -li\ adverb
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