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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}. [ 1913 Webster]
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.] [ 1913 Webster] This due obedience which they ought to the king. -- Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster] The love and duty I long have ought you. -- Spelman. [ 1913 Webster] [ He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Owned; possessed. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The knight the which that castle ought. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To be bound in duty or by moral obligation. [ 1913 Webster] We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. -- Rom. xv. 1. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Ought not Christ to have suffered these things? -- Luke xxiv. 26. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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.] [ 1913 Webster] Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow' st not. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] O deem thy fall not owed to man' s decree. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. -- Bible ( 1551). [ 1913 Webster] A son owes help and honor to his father. -- Holyday. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause introduced by the infinitive. " Ye owen to incline and bow your heart." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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}.] [ 1913 Webster] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. -- Josh. xxi. 45 [ 1913 Webster] But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster]
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