ought
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基本解釋
- v. （表示責任、愿望或忠告等）應該，應當；（表示可能）大概，應該
- n. 責任，義務
- pron. （古）任何事物（等于 aught）
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的ahte，意為欠下的。
用法辨析
- ought常接不定式符號to,用作情態(tài)動詞表示責任或義務時作“應該”解,表示勸告或推薦時作“應當”解,表示推論時作“可能會”解,但都不及must語氣強烈。其否定形式為ought not to,也可縮寫成oughtn't to。
- 在美式英語中, ought to在否定句或疑問句中可省去to。
- 在間接引語中,表示過去時ought to形式不變; ought to與完成時連用時多數(shù)情況下表示與過去事實相反的情況,含意為“更早的時間應該如何”; ought to還可表示將來的情況,但前面不能加will。
- ought to表示推論時在大多數(shù)情況下沒有must肯定,但某些場合也含有很大的可能性。
aux. (助動詞)
英英字典
- 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.
- 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.
- You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen.
- You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example, that you must leave.