Ought
[ɔːt] or [ɔt]
解釋/意思:
(n. & adv.) See Aught.
(imp., p. p., or auxi) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
(imp., p. p., or auxi) Owned; possessed.
(imp., p. p., or auxi) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
(imp., p. p., or auxi) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
(-) of Owe
科林整理
解釋/意思:
v.i. to be under obligation: to be proper or necessary.—n. Ought′ness rightness.
n. (same as Aught) a vulgar corr. of nought.—adv. (Scot.) Ought′lings at all in any degree.
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例句/造句/用法:
- You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It is I who have been in fault: I ought to have seen that I could not afford to live in this way. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- You ought to wash. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It is I who ought to have drowned myself. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- We ought to rehearse tonight. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But perhaps I ought to do so. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- But it ought not to have that effect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I hope so, said Mr. Chichely, else he ought not to have married that nice girl we were all so fond of. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I am better now--I can answer you as I ought, Mr. Gilmore, I can indeed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her judgments ought to be correct when they come, for they are often as tardy of delivery as a Lord Chancellor's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, _She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I was firmly convinced that he ought not to marry you--therefore I tried to dissuade him by all the means in my power. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Yes, I am aware they ought to be, my dear,' rejoined her father, 'but they--ain't. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Long since you ought to have crushed it: now you should blush to allude to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They are not examples to be followed by us; for the use of language ought in every generation to become clearer and clearer. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- You ought to marry her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Neither ought a desire, though indivisible, to be considered as a mathematical point. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- You ought to give her one. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
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