be meant to do something

a) SHOULD/OUGHT TOif you are meant to do something, you should do it, especially because someone has told you to or because you are responsible for it 〔尤因某人的吩咐或根据职责〕应该[必须]做某事

Come on, Ellen, you’re meant to be helping me.

好了，埃伦，你是应该帮助我的。

I thought the police were meant to protect people.

我以为警察就是要保护人民的。

b) PURPOSEto be intended to do something 意在[旨在]做某事

The diagram is meant to show the different stages of the process.

这个图表意在显示整个过程的各个不同阶段。

Examples from the Corpus

be meant to do something• Designed by Robert Von Hagge, it was meant to be hard.• This is the way movie comedies were meant to be: one laugh rolling in just as the last one rolls out.• They are gifts fit for a king, and so they are meant to be.• Christmas time is meant to bring people together.• By the time it was finished, the workings had gone lower than the levels it was meant to drain.• The party was meant to have been a thank-you to the casino staff from the management.• The suit is meant to head off a legal attack against it by Apple which Quorum believes is in the works.• Like it was meant to look an accident.• The new program is meant to put young people in the retail and hospitality industries on a fast-track to management careers.• Jenny is convinced she was meant to stay with Zev.

→ be meant to do something at mean1(2)

词汇	be meant to do something
释义	be meant to do something be meant to do something a) SHOULD/OUGHT TOif you are meant to do something, you should do it, especially because someone has told you to or because you are responsible for it 〔尤因某人的吩咐或根据职责〕应该[必须]做某事 Come on, Ellen, you’re meant to be helping me. 好了，埃伦，你是应该帮助我的。 I thought the police were meant to protect people. 我以为警察就是要保护人民的。 b) PURPOSEto be intended to do something 意在[旨在]做某事 The diagram is meant to show the different stages of the process. 这个图表意在显示整个过程的各个不同阶段。 Examples from the Corpus be meant to do something• Designed by Robert Von Hagge, it was meant to be hard.• This is the way movie comedies were meant to be: one laugh rolling in just as the last one rolls out.• They are gifts fit for a king, and so they are meant to be.• Christmas time is meant to bring people together.• By the time it was finished, the workings had gone lower than the levels it was meant to drain.• The party was meant to have been a thank-you to the casino staff from the management.• The suit is meant to head off a legal attack against it by Apple which Quorum believes is in the works.• Like it was meant to look an accident.• The new program is meant to put young people in the retail and hospitality industries on a fast-track to management careers.• Jenny is convinced she was meant to stay with Zev. → be meant to do something at mean1(2)
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