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ought aux.应该；应当；本该n.<古>零 (1) 我看你不应该。(2) 你应该小心一点，知道吗？(3) 资料应该明白易懂。(4) 你应该扔掉这辆旧自行车，买一辆新的。(5) 你应当公正处理此事。(6) 他原本应该遵守自己的诺言。

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英 [ɔːt] 美 [ɔːt] (1) I don't think you ought to.(2) You ought to be more careful, you know.(3) The information ought to be made more accessible.(4) You ought to scrap the old bike and buy a new one.(5) You ought to treat these matter with candor.(6) He ought to have kept his promise. Ought to is a phrasal modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. The negative form of ought to is ought not to, which is sometimes shortened to oughtn't to in spoken English. ought to 是短语情态动词，与动词原形连用。否定形式为 ought not to，口语中有时略作 oughtn't to。1[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事道义上正确，尤用于提出或征求建议或意见）应当，应该 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. Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her...马克，你娶了个好妻子，应该好好待她。The people who already own a bit of money or land ought to have a voice in saying where it goes...已经有点钱财或土地的人应当对其走向有发言权。You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You've created this problem.你们应该感到惭愧，都是你们惹的祸。2[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事可行或重要，尤用于提出或征求建议或意见）应当，应该 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 don't have to be alone with him and I don't think you ought to be...你不必单独跟他呆在一起，而且我认为你也不该这样。You ought to ask a lawyer's advice...你应当征求一下律师的意见。She wondered if she ought to take some coffee out to Alfred...她不知道自己是否应该给艾尔弗雷德端去咖啡。We ought not to be quarrelling now.我们现在不应该吵架。3[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事确实，或预计某事发生或已经发生）应该/应该已经 You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen. You use ought to have to indicate that you expect something to have happened already. 'This ought to be fun,' he told Alex, eyes gleaming.“这应该会很有趣！”他对亚历克斯说，两眼闪闪发光。4[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（表示某事本应如此，但实际情况未必）应该 You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be. By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain...社会民主党按理应该最有希望赢得这次选举，但一切从未如此不确定过。Though this gives them a nice feeling, it really ought to worry them.虽然这让他们感觉良好，但他们其实应该为此担心。5[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（表示从已知情况推测某事已经发生，但不确定）应该 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.   [vagueness]He ought to have reached the house some time ago.他应该早就到房子那儿了。6[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（与过去分词连用，表示预期的事未发生或预计的情况并非如此）本该，本当 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. Basically the system ought to have worked...其实这套系统本应发挥作用的。The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.建设电站的资金本该足够了。7[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（与过去分词连用，表示未做本应该做的事情）本该，本当 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. I realize I ought to have told you about it...我意识到自己本该把这件事告诉你的。Perhaps we ought to have trusted people more...也许我们本当对人多一些信任的。I ought not to have asked you a thing like that. I'm sorry...我不该问你那样的事情，我很抱歉。I'm beginning to feel now we oughtn't to have let her go away like that.我现在开始觉得，我们不该就那样让她走了。8[PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（礼貌地告知某人自己必须做某事）该，得 You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example that you must leave.   [politeness]I really ought to be getting back now...现在我真得回去了。I think I ought to go.我想我该走了。

英语单词	ought
英美音标	英 [ɔːt] 美 [ɔːt]
中文释义	aux.应该；应当；本该 n.<古>零
英语例句	(1) I don't think you ought to. (2) You ought to be more careful, you know. (3) The information ought to be made more accessible. (4) You ought to scrap the old bike and buy a new one. (5) You ought to treat these matter with candor. (6) He ought to have kept his promise.
中文例句	(1) 我看你不应该。 (2) 你应该小心一点，知道吗？ (3) 资料应该明白易懂。 (4) 你应该扔掉这辆旧自行车，买一辆新的。 (5) 你应当公正处理此事。 (6) 他原本应该遵守自己的诺言。
柯林斯解释	Ought to is a phrasal modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. The negative form of ought to is ought not to, which is sometimes shortened to oughtn't to in spoken English. ought to 是短语情态动词，与动词原形连用。否定形式为 ought not to，口语中有时略作 oughtn't to。 1 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事道义上正确，尤用于提出或征求建议或意见）应当，应该 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. Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her... 马克，你娶了个好妻子，应该好好待她。 The people who already own a bit of money or land ought to have a voice in saying where it goes... 已经有点钱财或土地的人应当对其走向有发言权。 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You've created this problem. 你们应该感到惭愧，都是你们惹的祸。 2 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事可行或重要，尤用于提出或征求建议或意见）应当，应该 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 don't have to be alone with him and I don't think you ought to be... 你不必单独跟他呆在一起，而且我认为你也不该这样。 You ought to ask a lawyer's advice... 你应当征求一下律师的意见。 She wondered if she ought to take some coffee out to Alfred... 她不知道自己是否应该给艾尔弗雷德端去咖啡。 We ought not to be quarrelling now. 我们现在不应该吵架。 3 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（认为某事确实，或预计某事发生或已经发生）应该/应该已经 You use ought to to indicate that you expect something to be true or to happen. You use ought to have to indicate that you expect something to have happened already. 'This ought to be fun,' he told Alex, eyes gleaming. “这应该会很有趣！”他对亚历克斯说，两眼闪闪发光。 4 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（表示某事本应如此，但实际情况未必）应该 You use ought to to indicate that you think that something should be the case, but might not be. By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain... 社会民主党按理应该最有希望赢得这次选举，但一切从未如此不确定过。 Though this gives them a nice feeling, it really ought to worry them. 虽然这让他们感觉良好，但他们其实应该为此担心。 5 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（表示从已知情况推测某事已经发生，但不确定）应该 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. [vagueness] He ought to have reached the house some time ago. 他应该早就到房子那儿了。 6 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（与过去分词连用，表示预期的事未发生或预计的情况并非如此）本该，本当 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. Basically the system ought to have worked... 其实这套系统本应发挥作用的。 The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient. 建设电站的资金本该足够了。 7 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（与过去分词连用，表示未做本应该做的事情）本该，本当 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. I realize I ought to have told you about it... 我意识到自己本该把这件事告诉你的。 Perhaps we ought to have trusted people more... 也许我们本当对人多一些信任的。 I ought not to have asked you a thing like that. I'm sorry... 我不该问你那样的事情，我很抱歉。 I'm beginning to feel now we oughtn't to have let her go away like that. 我现在开始觉得，我们不该就那样让她走了。 8 [PHR-MODAL 情态动词短语]（礼貌地告知某人自己必须做某事）该，得 You use ought to when politely telling someone that you must do something, for example that you must leave. [politeness] I really ought to be getting back now... 现在我真得回去了。 I think I ought to go. 我想我该走了。

I Phr Modal 情态动词短语 Verb Form Oughtn't Morally Thing