回复: I was to 怎么翻译
the explanation from internet:
-It can be used to TELL SOMEONE WHAT TO DO.
I said she was to clean her room.
I said he is to do his homework before playing on the computer.
-It can be used to express ARRANGEMENTS.
I am to interview the president today.
She was to play a selection from Beethoven on the piano.
The King told Parliament that he is to marry a commoner.
-It can express FUTURITY in the past.
He was to become a famous astronaut.
He was to encounter his future wife under very strange circumstances.
-It can be used to exress OBLIGATION.
You are to repay the loan in monthly payments.
I am to welcome the guests and show them to their rooms.
If I resisted he was to kill me.