英 [ɔːt] 美 [ɔːt]
v. 应该（表义务、责任、必要等）；应该（表期望）
n. <古>零（=nought）
pron. 任何事物（=aught）
ought /ɔːt/ CET4 TEM4
习语 You use ought to to mean that it is morally right to do a particular thing or that it is morally right for a particular situation to exist, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. (指合乎道义) 应该
Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her.
马克，你娶了个好太太，应该好好照顾她啊。
The people who already own a bit of money or land ought to have a voice in saying where it goes.
已经有了点儿钱或土地的人对之有发言权。
习语 You use ought to when saying that you think it is a good idea and important for you or someone else to do a particular thing, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. (表示建议、愿望) 应该
You don't have to be alone with him and I don't think you ought to be.
你没必要和他单独相处，而且我认为你不应该和他单独相处。
You ought to ask a lawyer's advice.
你应该去问问律师的意见。
习语 You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen. (表示可能性、希望) 该
"This ought to be fun," he told Alex, eyes gleaming.
“这应该会有趣。” 他对亚历克斯说着，两眼闪着光。
习语 You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be. (表示推测) 应该
They ought to win easily today, but nothing in life is certain.
他们今天应该能轻而易举地取胜，但世事难料。
习语 You use ought to to indicate that you think that something has happened because of what you know about the situation, but you are not certain. (对已发生的事情做出推测) 应该
He ought to have reached the house some time ago.
他到达那所房子应该有一段时间了。
习语 You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that something was expected to happen or be the case, but it did not happen or was not the case. (某事) 本应该 (表示虚拟语气)
Basically the system ought to have worked.
实际上，这个制度本来应该可行。
习语 You use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that although it was best or correct for someone to do something in the past, they did not actually do it. (某人) 本应该 (表示虚拟语气)
I realize I ought to have told you about it.
我意识到我本该告诉你这件事的。
I ought not to have asked you a thing like that. I'm sorry.
我本不应该问你这样一件事。对不起。
习语 You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example, that you must leave. 应当 (礼貌用语)
I really ought to be getting back now.
现在我真应该回去了。
... - （相称） equal: - （应当） ought; should; must: - （正在那时候、 那地方） just at (a time or place): ...
...在或非存在”这一外延矛盾，这就是认识性模态结构词的本体论依据；而规范性模态 演算反映的是关于对象本体（Σ）之应该（Ought）的“存在或非存在”这一外延矛盾，这 就是实践性模态结构词的本体论依据。
... otherwise 不然的话 ought 应当是 ounce 盎司 ...
... ought aux.v应当；应该；总应该 ought to 应当；应该；总应该 our pron.我们的 ...
应该，应当；大概
You ought to give up smoking.
你应该戒烟。
He ought to resign, I think.
我看他应该辞职。
I ought to give up smoking.
我应该戒烟。
"So our view,with all respect, is that this is a car that can't be recalled and fixed, and that we ought to start over."
VOA : special.2010.02.27
Sir, we ought to teach the people that they are doing wrong in worshipping the images and pictures in the temple."
先生，我们应该告诫人们，他们不应该,崇敬寺庙里的肖像或照片“
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
We ought to remain a little aloof and take pleasure in this aloofness, the interweave of a given masterpiece.
并享受着这种冷漠，伴着颤抖来品味名著。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"In the end,schools ought to do what's the right thing for their students, first and foremost."
VOA : special.2010.10.07
"The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought not to take.
VOA : special.2009.03.26
Still, when we take advantage of them, we ought always to heed Woolf's warning, never to write carelessly.
It's a way to get the dialogue started and we ought to have that dialogue.
Video game developers really ought to stop sending Julian Assange review copies of their games.
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