Ought

(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

• 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. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And ought not the same natures to have the same pursuits? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It is I who have been in fault: I ought to have seen that I could not afford to live in this way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I do declare once for all that it ought to be put a stop to. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• You ought to wash. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It is I who ought to have drowned myself. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• 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. 神奇的知识之书.
• We ought to rehearse tonight. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But perhaps I ought to do so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But it ought not to have that effect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I hope so, said Mr. Chichely, else he ought not to have married that nice girl we were all so fond of. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I am better now--I can answer you as I ought, Mr. Gilmore, I can indeed. 威尔基·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. 雪莉.
• I don't think Fifth-of-Novembers ought to be kept up by night except in towns. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• 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. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I was firmly convinced that he ought not to marry you--therefore I tried to dissuade him by all the means in my power. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• 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. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Yes, I am aware they ought to be, my dear,' rejoined her father, 'but they--ain't. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Long since you ought to have crushed it: now you should blush to allude to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They are not examples to be followed by us; for the use of language ought in every generation to become clearer and clearer. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• You ought to marry her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Neither ought a desire, though indivisible, to be considered as a mathematical point. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• You ought to give her one. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• 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. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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