【句子】Some marriages are meant to be annulled.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/sʌm/ /ˈmær.ɪ.dʒɪz/ /ɑː(r)/ /ment/ /tʊ/ /biː/ /əˈnʌld/

【发音技巧】meant to失去爆破；

【翻译】有些婚姻注定是应当结束的。

【适用场合】

在今天节目中，我们一起来学习一下be meant to be的意思；

在今天视频中，be meant to be可以理解成“注定是；注定会；一定会……”这样的意思，强调某件事情是上天或者命运安排好的，相当于to be destined to happen；

eg: I'm not surprised to hear that those two are engaged - it was meant to be.

听说他们俩订婚，我一点都不意外，命中注定的一对儿。

eg: Even though we had some great moments together, we always ended up fighting. We just weren't meant to be.

尽管我们有过美好的时光，但总是以争吵收场。我们注定不是一路人。

eg: You are meant to be the one to end this war.

你是注定要结束这场战争的人。

eg: We are meant to be together.

我们命中注定要在一起。

eg: She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

她想尽办法撮合他俩，但我想他们就是没这个缘分。

有的时候这个短语也可以指：to be generally considered to be sth.“被普遍认为是……，被公认为是……，以……著称；本应是……”；

比如说看下面的例句：

eg: This restaurant is meant to be the best in town.

这家餐厅被公认为是镇上最好的。

eg: This exercise isn't meant to be difficult.

这个练习的设计初衷并不难。

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Is this movie meant to be a comedy? I don't think it's funny at all.