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ought    音标拼音: ['ɔt]
v. aux.应该,大概
n. 责任

aux.应该,大概责任

Ought \Ought\ ([add]t), n. & adv.
See {Aught}.
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Ought \Ought\, imp., p. p., or auxiliary. [Orig. the preterit of
the verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. [=a]hte.
[root]110. See {Owe}.]
1. Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Obs.]
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This due obedience which they ought to the king.
--Tyndale.
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The love and duty I long have ought you. --Spelman.
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[He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound.
--Shak.
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2. Owned; possessed. [Obs.]
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The knight the which that castle ought. --Spenser.
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3. To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
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We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak. --Rom. xv. 1.
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4. To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove;
-- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or
without a subject expressed. "Well ought us work."
--Chaucer.
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To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume.
--Milton.
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Ought not Christ to have suffered these things?
--Luke xxiv.
26.
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Note: Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb,
expressing fitness, expediency, propriety, moral
obligation, or the like, in the action or state
indicated by the principal verb.
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Syn: {Ought}, {Should}.

Usage: Both words imply obligation, but ought is the
stronger. Should may imply merely an obligation of
propriety, expendiency, etc.; ought denotes an
obligation of duty.
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Owe \Owe\ ([=o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owed} ([=o]d), ({Ought}
([add]t) obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Owing} ([=o]"[i^]ng).] [OE.
owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe,
AS. [=a]gan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to
have, Dan. eie, Sw. [aum]ga, Goth. ['a]igan, Skr. [imac][,c].
[root]110. Cf. {Ought}, v., 2d {Own}, {Fraught}.]
1. To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [Obs.]
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Thou dost here usurp
The name thou ow'st not. --Shak.
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2. To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to
be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be
indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his
father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants. --Milton.
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O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. --Pope.
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3. Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay,
or render (something) in return or compensation for
something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the
subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to
the unfortunate.
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The one ought five hundred pence, and the other
fifty. --Bible
(1551).
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A son owes help and honor to his father. --Holyday.
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Note: Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause
introduced by the infinitive. "Ye owen to incline and
bow your heart." --Chaucer.
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4. To have an obligation to (some one) on account of
something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to owe
the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.
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Aught \Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a]
ever wiht. [root]136. See {Aye} ever, and {Whit}, {Wight}.]
Anything; any part. [Also written {ought}.]
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There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord
has spoken. --Josh. xxi.
45
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But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison.
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  • Why should I use ought to? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    While the usage of ought to has been declining steadily in the last 300 years, it is still incredibly common (The linked Ngram shows that it is roughly 1 3 as frequent as the word table today, and table is not at all an obscure word ) The question is when should you use it, and when to use should or must
  • What is the meaning of ought not? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
    Verbs like ought, should, must, have to express degrees of desirability or probability, neither of which really apply to non-sentient things like branches Maybe the branches "ought not reach" according to the writer's preconceived notions of whether they were likely to
  • How is ought used in this King James Bible verse?
    10 'Ought' is an archaic spelling of 'aught', which is another old word meaning 'anything' or 'any' So the meaning is: None of the believers considered that any of the things they owned were theirs This is born out by more modern translations of the passage E g All the believers were one in heart and mind
  • What does double oughts mean? [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
    The use of "aught" and "ought" to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word "aught" actually means the opposite of "naught": "anything" This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of unknowing speakers confusing the meanings of "aught" and "naught" due to similar-sounding phonemes
  • modal verbs - Is it appropriate to omit to after ought? - English . . .
    Is it appropriate to omit to after ought? I ought to be disciplined for my insolence Vs I ought be disciplined for my insolence Is it okay to omit the to?
  • grammar - ought with or without to? - English Language Usage . . .
    It depends on whether the speaker has internalized ought as a separate item from oughtta It's got no other use and it's rare with an uncomplemented infinitive Phrases such as I ought never to have invited him feel odd, like formalized variants made up on the spot It's much more likely to be should never have, with no to
  • meaning - Difference between should and ought to - English Language . . .
    What is the difference between You should go and You ought to go? I rarely use the latter
  • Indispensability of to after ought in British English
    Ought to is a unit In older English texts, or modern texts whose authors are trying to sound old, one occasionally comes across ought separated from its to (?_Ought I to awaken him?_) but nobody would ever speak English that way except on a stage In Modern English, oughtta is sufficiently fused to have developed its own "eye spelling", like wanna, gotta, shoulda, wouldna, and hafta Ought is
  • Spelling with ought or aught - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    As a result of this, the following "rule" is valid for remembering the modern English spelling of past participles that end in -aught -ought: the spelling -aught contains the letter "a," and is used in the past participles of verbs that contain the letter "a" in the present tense (teach and catch) while -ought is used in the past participles of
  • Difference between be supposed to and ought to
    I was confused by usage of be supposed to and ought to modals Where can we use them? For instance, I am supposed to ought to learn English today I don't have to learn english today, but to me it





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