The absolute dichotomy between the categories of is and ought forces the Dao of Chuang-Tzu to face the hermeneutic problem of dissevering of dual meaning of existence and value.

实然范畴与应然范畴的断然二分，促使《庄子》之「道」必须面临其存在与价值之两重意涵割裂的诠释难题。

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The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

这些枯燥的统计数据应该会为正在进行的赤字辩论提供信息，因为预算不仅仅是项目和税收的目录。

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Machiavelli, he notes, concluded that "one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved."

他指出 Machiavelli 总结说： “一个人应该既让人敬畏又让人爱戴，但由于两者很难同时存在，因此让人敬畏比让人爱戴要安全得多。”

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"So our view,with all respect, is that this is a car that can't be recalled and fixed, and that we ought to start over."

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I suppose what I'm really saying is that the word "hermeneutics" wasn't available, and the idea that there ought to be a sort of a systematic study of how we interpret things wasn't really current.

我想说的是“诠释学“这个词,不是一开始就有的，而应该系统地学习,如何解释事物,这种思想也当时也是没有的。

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In other words, a connotation is valuable and ought to be invoked even if it's philologically incorrect if it contributes to the unity, the complex building up of the unity, of the literary text.

也就是说,如果隐含意义是文本更具有一致性,它就是有价值,且值得探究的，即使从语言学角度说，它是不正确的。

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Yet whether you can really conclude from this that sprawl is wasteful and ought to be discouraged is another matter.

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But a good brand is a deeply held feeling about the way things ought to be, and its chief cornerstone is the person I ought to become.

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"I cannot subscribe to the idea that a group of 12 -- however they may ultimately be constituted -- ought to make the decision on who is to be confirmed and who ought not to be confirmed, " he said.

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