| 释义 |
ought¹ /ɔːt/ v.aux | n.
I v.aux
[无时态和人称变化，后接动词不定式]
1. [表示义务、责任、合适、必要]应当，应该
Every citizen ought to obey law. 每个公民都应当守法。
Teachers ought to be honoured. 教师应当受到尊敬。
She ought to see the doctor. 她应当去看医生。
Oughtn't we to phone for the police? 我们不应该打电话叫警察吗?
2. [表示可能性、期望]该
It ought to be possible to mend it. 修理这东西应该是可能的。
You ought to be hungry by now. 现在你该饿了吧。
3. [表示愿望]应该，该
You ought to see the new picture. 你应该去看看那部新片。
You ought to come next week. 你下星期该来。
4. [后接动词不定式的完成体]早应该，本该，本当
You ought to have told me that yesterday. 你昨天早就该把那件事告诉我了。
Sam ought to have realized how dangerous it was. 萨姆本该知道那是多么危险。
I ought not to have done it. 我本不该做这件事。
II n.
义务；责任
[< OE āhte, 过去式 < āgan to owe; 与 Goth aihta 有关] |