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• ①[表义务、当然、适当、必要]应该,应当(★表「义务、当然」时,其意义比should稍强,表「必要」时则比must弱)
  • You ought to help her.你应该帮助她。
  • She ought to see the doctor.她应该去看医生。
  • I really ought to start at once.我实在应该立刻出发。
  • You ought to be ashamed.你应该感到惭愧。
  • Tom ought to be punished.汤姆应该受到惩罚。
  • There ought to be more parks.应该有更多的公园。
  • Such things ought not [oughtn't] to be allowed.这种事情不应该允许的。
  • He ought to have told me.他本来[早就]应该告诉我。
  • You ought not to have come here.你本来是不该到这里来的。
  • Oughtn't we [Ought we not] to tell him the truth?我们不该跟他说实话吗?
  • "I don't care."－"Well, you ought to."「我不在乎。」「嗯,你应该在乎。」
  • "Ought I to apologize?"－"Yes, I think you ought (to)"「我应该道歉吗?」「不错,我认为你应该道歉。」
  • "Ought I to help him?"－"No, you needn't."「我应该帮助他吗?」「不,你不必帮助他。」
  • He ought to go, oughtn't he?他应该去,不是吗?

• ②[表可能性或当然的结果]应该,应当,大概是
  • It ought to be true.那应该是真的。
  • She ought to have arrived by now.此时她应该到了。

• ③[作You ought to;用以描写刺激、滑稽或美丽之物]但愿你能…
  • You ought to see the beautiful lake.但愿你能去看那美丽的湖;你实在应该去看那美丽的湖。