supposedly
supposedly 英 [sə'pəʊzɪdlɪ] 美 [sə'pozɪdli]
adv. 可能；按照推测；恐怕
- If you hear that something is supposedly going to happen, it may or may not occur. If a friend is supposedly having a pool party next week, wait until you know for sure before you buy that new swimsuit.
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- adv. 可能；按照推测；恐怕
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1. I was abandoned by family and friends as a supposedly hopeless cripple.
我被家庭和朋友当作一个恐怕是毫无希望的跛子抛弃了。
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2. To think just a year ago the Moon was supposedly dry. The discovery improves the prospects of future colonisation on or trips to the Moon.
考虑到在一年前人们还认为月球很可能是干的，这一发现提升了将来到月球旅行或居住的前景。
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3. In an era when engineers and hobbyists tended to describe their machines with model numbers, he chose the name of a fruit, supposedly because of his dietary habits at the time.
在一个工程师和业余爱好者喜欢用型号来介绍他们产品的时代，他却选择了一个水果的名字，可能是因为那时他的饮食习惯吧。
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