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ought [ɔːt] VB aux [否定式缩写为oughtn't]

2. ought [表示可能性]:

ought
(应)该 gāi
You ought to be hungry now.
你现在一定饿了吧。

3. ought [表示愿望]:

ought
(应)该 gāi
You ought to read this book.
你应该读读这本书。

Usage examples with ought

You ought to be hungry now.
你现在一定饿了吧。
You ought to read this book.
你应该读读这本书。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He ought to have enquired more carefully into the nature of the incident, but made the fatal mistake of treating it as trivial.
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He claims that the structure of communication itself demonstrates that normative and evaluative concerns can (and ought to) be resolved through rational procedures.
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She was steadfast in her position that public interest ought to come before telecommunications industry profits.
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One man even suggested that the heretics ought to be burned at the stake, as in the old days.
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I ought to give up being a magistrate and set up for a matchmaker!
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They ought to put a preservation order on him.
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He calls land speculation a gross misuse of the power of government which ought to be abolished by taxation, in order to create prosperity.
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There ought to be an idea behind every painting.
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Baker remonstrated; he thought their case was hard, and that they ought to be allowed to go home.
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Trees ought to be a renewable resource, not a scorched earth policy of death and destruction.
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