to-be

To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

事先得到警告即先有了准备。

The skill of these jugglers has to be seen to be believed.

这些表演杂耍演员技巧要看了才会相信。

I would like to be a pricky rose, or better to be a lethal poppy.

我愿意做带刺玫瑰，更愿意做能致命罂粟!

He claimed to be an insurance salesman but later was found to be a fraud.

"自称是个保险公司推销员,但后来发现原来是个。"

The long slobbering slothful decline we had been looking forward to was not to be.

我们曾经预料那漫长、流着口水、懒散衰老过程不会再有了。

Costs will have to be kept down if severe public censure is to be avoided.

要避免公众严厉指责就得维持低成本。

My brother designs to be an engineer.

我弟弟立志要当工程师。

The soup has to be boiled down.

这汤还须煮浓些。

There is no call to be anxious.

没有焦急必要。

He who bribes is to be despised.

行贿者受人鄙视。

She asserted the charge to be incorrect.

她断言这起指控是不正确。

He was destined to be an actor.

注定要当演员。

We discovered him to be an imposter.

我们发现是个冒名顶替。

He wants to is cremated, not buried.

要火葬,不要土葬。

It used to be a crystal stream.

那曾是条清澈见底小溪。

Little else remains to be done today.

今天没有什么事要做了。

This medicine is to be applied externally.

这药是用于外敷。

I hope to be on a percentage.

我希望得到一点。

Foxes are supposed to be wily creatures.

据说狐狸是狡猾动物。

They held this way to be workable.

们认为这个方法是可行。