【答】be meant to be，是由“mean + 宾语 + to be”的主动语态变来的。它的意思有很多，不过都是通过mean的意思引申出来的。

mean的意思是：打算、意欲、想要、期待、预定、注定。

主动语态“mean + 宾语 + to be”就是：“意欲（想要、打算、期待、预定、注定） 某人/某事成为...。

既然这样，那么，被动语态be meant to be 的意思就是：

1. 应该是

2. 本应是

3. 公认是

4. 为了是

5. 打算是

6. 旨在是

7. 预定是

8. 注定是

要具体语境，具体翻译。例如：

She was never meant to be a teacher.

她从来就没注定要当教师。

He believes he is meant to be a great man.

他相信他命中要成为伟人。

Everything isn't meant to be okay.

不是万事都能行得通。

I believe he is meant to be a soldier.   

我相信他天生是要当军人的。

I can't say any more, it's meant to be a big secret. 

我再也无可奉告了，这本是重大的秘密。

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Family holidays are meant to be a break from routine. 

家庭假日就是从平淡的日常生活中解脱一下。

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John was constantly reassuring me that we were meant to be together.

约翰不断安慰我说，我们注定要在一起。

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The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously. 

此话不必当真。

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Beaujolais is meant to be a really good wine. 

博若莱葡萄酒是公认的佳酿。

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Parties are meant to be fun. 

派对就是为了乐和一下。

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I'm meant to be on holiday. 

我原本打算去度假的。

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That was meant to be a dig at me. 

那是对我的挖苦。

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The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves. 

诗中描绘的自然景象意在让人联想到景象以外的现实。

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Judging from the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous. 

从他讲这件事时笑的样子来看，那应该是很幽默的了。

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