ought的词语用法

1. 责任，义务

1. 应该，应当
2. 该，理应
3. 本应，本当
4. 早就应该，本该
5. 可能会，预料会做，大概
6. 对...尽责（多用于苏格兰）

1. 应该(指道义上有责任) have the moral duty to do sth
2. 应当(显示所采取行动正确或明智) shows that some action would be right or sensible
3. 可能会,预料会做(某事) will probably; can be expected to do sth

1. ought是什么意思

1. 应当：边沁把"善"规定为"最大多数人的最大幸福",混淆了"善性"与幸福、功利之类自然属性或"善的东西",犯了从"是"(is)中求"应当"(ought)的错误. 另一种是形而上学伦理学,以康德为代表. 这类伦理学把"善性"等同于超自然、超感觉的实在.

2. 必须：人们一般用来否定力量的字眼多为[应该](should)与[必须](ought)二字,当事人应去察觉自己是否经常使用那些字眼教别人做这做那. 若能将[我应该]以[我选择]或[我想要]来取代,那么就可使他们采取主动的态度,而降低被驱使的感觉,

3. 須：即可帮助他们通过 为自己的决定负责来接受自己,并发掘出潜在的力量.人们一般用来否定力量的 字眼多为[应该](should)与[必须](ought)二字,当事人应去察觉自己是否经常使用 那些字眼教别人做这做那.若能将[我应该]以[我选择]或[我想要]来取代,

1. I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.
   我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
2. You ought to work hard.
   你应该努力工作。
3. Such things ought not to be allowed.
   这类事不该容许。
4. “Ought I to do it?”“Yes, you ought (to).”
   “我该做这件事吗?”“对,你该做。”
5. You don't look well.You ought to see the doctor.
   你气色不好,你该去看医生。
6. You oughtn't to smoke so much.
   你不该吸这么多的烟。
7. What I ought do if I oughtn't smoke?
   如果我不吸烟还有什么事可做呢?
8. You oughtn't ask me about her.
   你不该向我问起她。
9. It's getting late.We ought to be going.
   时间不早了,我们该走了。
10. He ought to have been more careful.
    他本该更小心些。
11. You ought not to have laughed at him.
    你本不该嘲笑他。
12. The job ought to be finished by next Monday.
    这项工作应于下星期一以前完成。
13. They ought to win easily.
    他们应该很容易就能获胜。
14. These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.
    这些植物五年后就该长成了。
15. Ask John.He ought to know.
    去问约翰吧,他应该知道。

• The will supreme, the individual claim, The social Ought, the lyrist's liberty.

  出自：George Eliot

• How ought I address thee, how ought I revere thee?

  出自：Browning

• You ought to think yourself lucky..to get a good position like that.

  出自：E. Waugh

• If it benefits..people to confiscate your father's money then it ought to be confiscated.

  出自：G. Vidal

• The kind of person who tells you, not what you want to do, but what you ought to do.

  出自：F. King

ought to, should

二者都有“应该,应当”的意思。用ought to语气更严峻一些,多指按道义、法律、身体情况应当如何,具有一定的针对性; should更亲切一些,表示讲话人的关心,为了避免使对方感到不自在,常可用should代替ought to。