一.must主要用來表示:
1.必須,一定要:
We must be careful.
我們必須小心。
You must show concern for others.
你應關心別人。
Must we leave so early?
我們一定要這么早動身嗎?
2.一定是(表示肯定的推測):
This must be your room.
這一定是你的房間。
He must have missed the train.
他準是誤車了。
She must be worrying about it.
她一定在為這事發(fā)愁。
3.must的否定式為must not,常緊縮為mustn't,[msnt],表示“一定不要,不準”:
You mustn't be late again.
你一定不要再遲到了。
We mustn't make so much noise.
我們不要這樣吵。
4.在回答帶must的問題時不要用mustn't,而要用needn't:
—Must I do all these exercises?
—這些練習都要做嗎?
—No,you needn't.
—不,不必。
二.ought必須和to連用,表示:
1.應該(意思和should差不多,但口氣稍重一些):
We ought to help each other.
我們應當互相幫助。
Oughtn't we to try again?
我們難道不該再試試嗎?
“Ought he to go?”“Yes,he ought.”
“他應該去嗎?”“應該。”
2.有些可用于被動結構,也可跟不定式的完成或進行形式:
He ought to be criticized.
他應受到批評。
I ought to have helped them.
我本該幫助他們的。
It isn't what I ought to be doing.
這不是我現(xiàn)在該做的事。
3.較肯定的揣測:
She ought to be up now.
她應當已經起床了。
He ought to have received my fax.
他應當已經收到我的傳真了。