ought
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɔːt]
- 美式音标 [ɔt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. （表示责任、愿望或忠告等）应该，应当；（表示可能）大概，应该
- n. 责任，义务
- pron. （古）任何事物（等于 aught）
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的ahte，意为欠下的。
用法辨析
- ought常接不定式符号to,用作情态动词表示责任或义务时作“应该”解,表示劝告或推荐时作“应当”解,表示推论时作“可能会”解,但都不及must语气强烈。其否定形式为ought not to,也可缩写成oughtn't to。
- 在美式英语中, ought to在否定句或疑问句中可省去to。
- 在间接引语中,表示过去时ought to形式不变; ought to与完成时连用时多数情况下表示与过去事实相反的情况,含意为“更早的时间应该如何”; ought to还可表示将来的情况,但前面不能加will。
- ought to表示推论时在大多数情况下没有must肯定,但某些场合也含有很大的可能性。
aux. (助动词)
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.