be meant to do是什么意思?
答:以下是筆下小編精心整理的 be meant to do的三個含義辨析內容,希望大家喜歡。
【重點短語】be meant to do
【問】 查《英漢大辭典》,be meant to do的意思是:必須(做):應該(做)。但我遇到下列句子,不知如何解釋和翻譯。He was meant to be a barrister.
【答】 be meant to do粗略地說具有三層不同的含義。
A.由命運、能力、天資等所“注定”或者由父母決定。例如:
1.He seems meant to be a soldier. (ALD)
他似乎生來就注定當士兵。
2. He believes he is meant to be a great man. (LDCE)
他相信他生來就是要當偉人的。
3. Books are meant to be read. (Bolinger)
書就是讓人讀的。
B.“被預料”、“被期望”、“被認為”:
1. Are parents meant to love all their children equally?
是否可以預料父母對他們所有的孩子都給予相同的愛?
2. I found a road that wasn’t meant to be there.
我發現一條原來沒有意料到的路。
3. They are meant to cooperate with each other only when it is in their interests to do so;
to advance the cause of their allies,and even to spy on each other. (TIME)
人們預料他們只有在為了自己的利益時才會互相合作.會促進自己的結盟事業,甚至互相從事間諜活動。(時代周刊)(譯文引自《現代英語報刊閱讀詞典》)
C.在意義和用法上相當于半助動詞ought to和be supposed to (應該,必須):
1. You’re meant to take your shoes off when you enter an Hindu temple. (ALD)
進入印度寺廟時應當脫鞋。
2. You were meant to ask why I was disappointed with the idea.
你該問問為什么我對這個想法感到失望。
你所提問的句子,如果脫離上下文,可以有好幾種理解:
1.他生來就是當律師的材料。
2.他父母決定讓他當律師。
3.他父母曾打算讓他當律師。