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常考释义
1.应该；应当used to say what is the right thing to do
They ought to apologize.他们应该道歉。
‘Ought I to write to say thank you?’ ‘Yes, I think you ought (to).’“我应该写信致谢吗？”“对，我觉得你应该。”
They ought to have apologized(= but they didn't) .他们本该道歉的。
Such things ought not to be allowed.这种事应该禁止。
He oughtn't to have been driving so fast.他本不该把车开得那么快。
2.（表示期望或可能发生的事）应该used to say what you expect or would like to happen
Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7.儿童 7 岁时应该识字了。
Nurses ought to earn more.护士的薪资应该多一点。
3.（表示劝告或建议）应该used to say what you advise or recommend
We ought to be leaving now.我们现在该动身了。
This is delicious. You ought to try some.这个菜很可口，你可得尝尝。
You ought to have come to the meeting. It was interesting.会议可有意思了，你真该参加。
4.（表示可能发生的或真实的事情）应该used to say what has probably happened or is probably true
If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.他如果九点出发，现在应该到这里了。
That ought to be enough food for the four of us.这些食物应该够咱们四个人吃了。
Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now?水现在该开了吧？
If he has any doubt as to which side he ought to be on, he need only ask that bellwether of public opinion, his old friend Oprah Winfrey.
如果他对支持哪一方有任何疑虑的话，他只需要问问民意代表，他的老朋友OprahWinfrey。
She was in charge at the time and, if she did not know, she ought to have done.
她当时是《世界新闻报》的掌门人，如果她不知道，那真是太不应该了。
And the healthy stomach ought to be with respect to all food just as the mill with respect to all things which it is formed to grind.
健全的胃应当像磨子对待所有它天生要磨的东西一样对待所有食物。
She ought to have been the slimmest of the bunch: that she remained overweight was a frustration to her, and a mystery to all of us.
她应该是亭亭玉立身材最突出的一个：然而留给她的挫折则是超重，也给我们留下了疑惑。
"well, " he said, " I should think a man's legs ought to be long enough to reach from his body to the ground. "
“嗯。”他说，“我认为一个人的腿是要能使他的身体够着地就行了。”
The engagement which ought to have kept her from joining in the former attempt would make it impossible for her to accompany them now.
说她十分抱歉不能去。她有约在先，上次就不该去，这次更不能奉陪了。
we ought to teach our young girls to have self respect here. there is a good bunch of them who do not know the meaning of the word.
我们应该教育我们的年轻女孩要有自尊。她们当中有很多人不知道这个词的含义。
It was a pity that I couldn't attend the ceremony because I ought to leave on the next morning.
可惜我第二天一早便要离开，错过了这场盛会，是我此行最大的遗憾。
If you think of others that you feel ought to be here, mention them in the comments.
如果你认为其他的也应该列在这，那就在评论中指出来。
By way of showing us what a nude ought to be like he hauls out a huge canvas which he had recently completed.
为了给我们讲解裸体画该是怎样的，他拖出一幅巨大的油画，这是他才画完的。
and if he had the fortune he ought to have, I should think you could not do better.
要是他得到了他应当得到的那份财产，那我就会觉得你这门亲事再好也没有了。
In fact, however, trauma is only a small part of a wide array of psychosocial issues that ought to be addressed.
而实际上，心理创伤只是一系列需要解决的繁杂的社会心理问题中的很小一部分。
The blame may lie where it ought to lie, and nowhere else, for I wash my hands of every part of it.
那罪过可以由该受罚的人去担当，不要加在别人身上，我对于这事不再过问了。
The polonium itself, with its rarity and trail of irradiated locations (see article) ought to be a telling clue.
由于钋本身稀有且所过之处留下的放射可被追踪（另见他文），应该能成为发掘信息的线索。
I knew she had strict sleeping habits, but I thought she ought to be able to give up some of this strictness.
我知道她对她的睡眠习惯很执着，但是我认为她必须可以放弃一些她执着的东西。
But even those of us long calloused by life within the Beltway ought to be able to see that we've got a problem.
即便如我们这些常年生活在环路里的人，也应当有能力看到这些问题。
You ought to be well up in children's diseases as you have studied them for eight years.
你对儿科疾病研究已有8年，按理应该很精通了。
The cornfield across the road does not seem nearly so tall or so green as it ought to be, given the time of year, but I am not discouraged.
道路的对面的玉米田几乎并不像一年时间里它应该长成的高大和碧绿，可是但我并不为此而感到气馁。
She glimpsed something of what life ought to be about.
她开始领悟到人生应该是怎么回事。
She put it back, and proceeded to get dinner early and in good time. Her little bravado made her feel as if she ought to make amends.
她把钱放回钱包，就去早早准备晚饭，以便按时开饭。她这样闹了一下之后，觉得自己似乎应该作些补偿。
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