ought

英 [ɔːt] 美[ɔt]

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近义词to must obliged have need should be

aux. 应该，应当；大概
vi. 应该，应当；大概

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中文词源

ought 应该

来自古英语ahte,拥有的，所有的，来自agan的过去分词，拥有，所有，词源同own,owe.后词义由拥有的引申为有义务去支付或偿还，并最终在语法上演变成虚拟情态动词。

英文词源

ought: ought: [OE] Ought began life as the past tense of owe, but the two have diverged widely over the centuries. The Old English ancestor of owe was āgan, and its past form was āhte. This originally shared all the meanings of its parent verb, of course, and continued to do so well into the 17th century (‘He said this other day, you ought him a thousand pound’, Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV 1596). Indeed, it survived dialectally until comparatively recently. But steadily since the 1600s its role as a quasi-modal auxiliary verb, denoting ‘obligation’, has come to the fore.
=> owe
ought (v.): Old English ahte "owned, possessed," past tense of agan "to own, possess, owe" (see owe). As a past tense of owe, it shared in that word's evolution and meant at times in Middle English "possessed" and "under obligation to pay." It has been detached from owe since 17c., though he aught me ten pounds is recorded as active in East Anglian dialect from c. 1825. As an auxiliary verb expressing duty or obligation (late 12c., the main modern use), it represents the past subjunctive.
ought (n.): "zero, cipher," 1844, probably a misdivision of a nought (see nought; for misdivision, see N); meaning probably influenced by aught "anything."

双语例句

1. The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.: 建设电站的资金本该足够了。

2. I think you ought to give football a rest for a time.: 我认为你应该暂时停止踢足球。

3. You know, we really ought to get another car.: 要知道，我们真的应该换一辆车了。

4. I felt I ought to show my face at her father's funeral.: 我觉得我应该去参加她父亲的葬礼。

5. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You've created this problem.: 你们应该感到惭愧，都是你们惹的祸。

考试真题

The overall facts ought to reassure us.

Any doctor who has wrestled with multiple forms from different insurers, or patients who have tried to understand their own parade of statements, know that simplification ought to save money.

The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and Maybe she'd work it out of her system.

Parents ought to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons.

Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.

Global challenges and social innovation ought to receive much more attention from scientists, especially the young ones.

Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.

Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR.

Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchy's worst enemies.

实用场景例句

Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her...: 马克，你娶了个好妻子，应该好好待她。

The people who already own a bit of money or land ought to have a voice in saying where it goes...: 已经有点钱财或土地的人应当对其走向有发言权。

You don't have to be alone with him and I don't think you ought to be...: 你不必单独跟他呆在一起，而且我认为你也不该这样。

You ought to ask a lawyer's advice...: 你应当征求一下律师的意见。

'This ought to be fun,' he told Alex, eyes gleaming.: “这应该会很有趣！”他对亚历克斯说，两眼闪闪发光。

By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain...: 社会民主党按理应该最有希望赢得这次选举，但一切从未如此不确定过。

Though this gives them a nice feeling, it really ought to worry them.: 虽然这让他们感觉良好，但他们其实应该为此担心。

He ought to have reached the house some time ago.: 他应该早就到房子那儿了。

Basically the system ought to have worked...: 其实这套系统本应发挥作用的。

The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.: 建设电站的资金本该足够了。

I realize I ought to have told you about it...: 我意识到自己本该把这件事告诉你的。

Perhaps we ought to have trusted people more...: 也许我们本当对人多一些信任的。

I really ought to be getting back now...: 现在我真得回去了。

I think I ought to go.: 我想我该走了。

So you think we ought to wait here? — Precisely.: 那么你认为我们应该在这儿等吗 ?——对.

We ought to face the world and brave the storm.: 我们应该经风雨,见世面.

We ought to be heading back if we want to reach home before dark.: 如果我们想天黑前到家,现在该往回走了.

They ought to win with players of such high caliber.: 他们选手的能力这样高,应该获胜.

The essential thing is that the two of you ought to agree.: 根本的问题是你们俩应意见一致.

I think I ought to cut in on what they are doing.: 我想我应该对他们所做的事情进行干预.

They ought to win easily.: 他们应该很容易就能获胜.

One ought to live up to what he knows to be right.: 自己认为是对的,就应该在生活中去实践.

You ought to examine yourself honestly and find out the source of your erroneous views.: 你应该老老实实地反躬自省,找出你这些错误观点的根源.

We ought to channel this street so that water can flow away easily.: 我们应该给这条街开辟水道,以便水能畅通地流走.

It'suddenly struck me that we ought to make a new plan.: 我突然想到,我们应该制订一个新的方案.

You ought to lie in tomorrow and catch up on your sleep.: 明天你该晚些起床,多睡会儿.

We ought to follow her good example.: 她是个好榜样,我们应当仿效她.

If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better.: 如果一本书很难读, 那么它应该是一本好书; 如果它提出了一个复杂的道德状况, 那么它就更应该是本好书了.

Joking apart, you ought to smoke fewer cigarettes, you know.: 说正经的, 你应该少吸点烟, 知道吗?

It ought to be a fine day tomorrow morning.: 明天旱晨大概是个好天气.

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