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ought

英 [ɔːt] 美 [ɔt]

释义

auxv.
应该;本应;总应该;早应该
n.
〈口〉零;〈古〉同“aught”
网络
应当;应然;应该怎样
展开详细释义

v.

1.应该,应当;总应该;本应,本当;早应该

2.应该,应当,有必要;只有;真要

3.(表示愿望)该;应当:

4.责任感

n.

1.〔口语〕零,全无

常用短语 2 组

ought to do sth
应该;应该做某事
ought to know better
应该懂得多一些

在例句中理解 38 句

  1. Since the marginal cost of making a piece of software is zero, and the cost of digital distribution is zero, prices ought to fall to free.

    既然制造软件的边际成本为零,销售数字产品的成本也为零,那么价格也就应降至零。

  2. In short, he took charge, and started doing all the things he ought to have been doing a lot earlier.

    总之,他不予余力,开始去做他本该在更早以前就应该做的事情。

  3. He told the young man: "You ought to take this for a plain and visible token that you are not to be a seafaring man. "

    他告诉这个年轻人:“你应该把这对一个相貌平平的和可见的令牌,你不是要一个航海的人。”

  4. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand On your own feet.

    我想,它被您的年龄,你应该是越来越远离您应该是学习,站到你自己的脚。

  5. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

    原谅应该像一张废弃的契约,撕成两半,烧掉,永不示人。

  6. I thought that after coming second in so many of his subjects, Charlie ought to have been given a consolation prize at least.

    我认为查理的成绩在这么多课程中均名列第二,他至少应该得到一个安慰奖。

  7. A president with a big personal mandate, solid majorities in both chambers of Congress and a silver tongue ought to have been much braver.

    总统享有强大的个人授权,在国会两院拥有压倒性票数,而且又能言善辩,他本应该更勇敢点的。

  8. The next time Americans make a joke about the Europeans and their taste for la dolce vita, they ought to take a look a bit closer to home.

    下次美国人再嘲笑欧洲人和他们的“甜蜜生活”的时候,他们应该更关注一些他们自己的家里了。

  9. I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You're really getting cheated, " I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest. "

    我耸了耸肩,转向那男孩子。“他们真的正在欺骗你,”我说,“你应该带父母来这儿抗议。”

  10. you will only think i feel more than i ought to do , when i tell you all .

    等我把详情细节都告诉了你,你只会觉得我还做得不够呢。

  11. Justin: I think we ought to ask the coach to have it out with Joe and find out what his problem is.

    贾斯廷:我想,我们该请教练和乔讲清楚,看看他有什么问题。

  12. There was something about him which ought to put her on her guard.

    他身上有一种气息,她应当时刻提防。

  13. To keep the body fluid alkalescence and be healthy, there ought to be a reasonable taking of both meat and vegetable.

    建议饮食荤素合理搭配,使体液呈弱碱性方能保持健康。

  14. She failed one the exam papers, but we ought to make allowance(s) of the fact that she was ill.

    她有一科考试不及格,但是我们必须考虑到她当时有病。

  15. We ought to be moving that currency forward just a little bit faster.

    我想我们应该让汇率前进的步子再快一点。

  16. I believe people ought to be able to worship freely, or not worship at all, but you're equally a citizen of the world.

    我相信人们应该能自由地崇拜或者根本不崇拜,但您相等地是世界的公民。

  17. if anything, the guy ought to be really ready to step up from play.

    如果有的话,那个应该是真的准备加紧从发挥。

  18. Yes: but a young lady - a bride - I ought to have paid my respects to her if possible. It was being very deficient.

    是呀。可是,对于一位年轻女士——一位新娘——只要有可能,我还是应该去恭贺一番的。不去是很失礼的。

  19. Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly, we ought to be together, you and I.

    生命如此短暂,孤独时光飞逝,我们真应该在一起,让我们相亲相爱。

  20. He had never thought that his wife would have died from tiredness, leaving not even a word that she ought to say to him.

    他怎么也没想到,妻子会在这个时候突然累倒离去,连一句诀别的话也来不及对他讲。

  21. Living with your aunt, you will necessarily be brought forward, as you ought to be.

    和姨妈住在一起,你必然会得到你应该得到的培养。

  22. The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.

    一个人的品德不是通过非凡的发挥测量,而是通过他日常行为而定

  23. He was just as unconcerned about money matters as before; but now he unhesitatingly knew what he ought to do and what he ought not to do.

    他对金钱问题仍然像以前一样漫不经心,但是他现在明显地知道什么事情是应当做的和什么事情是不应当去做的。

  24. I ought to have known that you would conquer in the long run, living like this.

    我本应该就明白,象现在这样下去,你早晚要取胜的。

  25. He came back, and there was a greedy look in his eyes now which ought to have alarmed her, but did not.

    彼得回来了,眼睛里露出贪求的神情,这本来是应该使温迪感到惊骇的,可是她并没有惊骇。

  26. Generally speaking, termite-eaten wire poles ought to be replaced every two or three years.

    电杆被白蚁蛀蚀,一般两三年就要换一次。

  27. not a few inches away where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off.

    本来衣橱后壁只有几英寸远,但这盏灯看上去却在老远老远的地方。

  28. Investors ought to be told that the market for ETFs may not always be as liquid as they would like.

    投资者应当被告知交易所交易基金的市场可能不会像他们所希望的那样永远是流动的。

  29. As you open your portfolio, there should be a table of contents on the right side, and each section ought to have a corresponding tab.

    当你打开公文包的时候,在右边应该有一个目录,每一部分也都应该有一个相应的标签。

  30. I was drunker than I ought to be by midnight, so I said I was going for a walk.

    我酒醉得比往日厉害,因此说自己打算出去散会儿步。

  31. All of us ought to go.

    我们大家都应该去。

  32. Basically the system ought to have worked.

    其实这套系统本应发挥作用的。

  33. Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her.

    马克,你娶了个好太太,应该好好照顾她啊。

  34. I realize I ought to have told you about it.

    我意识到我本该告诉你这件事的。

  35. I think I ought to cut in on what they are doing.

    我认为对他们现在干的事我应当进行干预。

  36. You ought to be ashamed of your foolish behaviour.

    你应当为自己的愚蠢行为而感到羞耻。

  37. You ought to channel your abilities into something useful.

    你应当把你的才能用到有用的事情上。

  38. You ought to be careful about this kind of feverish cold, it often kicks back when you think you are better.

    你应当对这种有发烧症状的感冒小心些,它常常在你以为好转的时候复发。

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