英语词汇“need”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

need

/niːd

verb [with object]

1Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable: I need help now [with present participle]: this shirt needs washing [with infinitive]: they need to win tomorrow...

Your support is urgently needed to ensure the success of this worthy endeavor.
Each attack requires a costly clean-up, using money which is desperately needed for other purposes.
Everyone appreciates that the government urgently needs to address a wad of issues - the most obvious being poverty.

Synonyms

require, be in need of, stand in need of, have need of, want, be in want of, be crying out for, be desperate for;

demand, call for, necessitate, entail, involve;

have occasion for/to;

lack, be without, be short of, miss

1.1 (not need something) Not want to be subjected to something: I don’t need your sarcasm...

They are the lowest form of political pond life and we do not need them.
We do not need our emotions manipulated any more than they have been.
God knows our players do not need their egos inflating any further.

2 [as modal, with negative or in questions] Expressing necessity or obligation: need I say more? all you need bring are sheets...

You need only go one stop on the tube to find a very different Britain.
Olympiakos need only draw, but will carry to Anfield one of the poorest away records in the competition.

Synonyms

have to, be under an obligation to, be obliged to, be compelled to, be under a compulsion to

archaic have need to

3 [no object] archaic Be necessary: lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting

noun

1 [mass noun] Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity: the basic human need for food [with infinitive]: there’s no need to cry...

A need for counting arose, then writing and numerals were needed to record transactions.
There was a need for emergency type accommodation in Laois under the new strategy.
Purvis rightly identifies a need for a more complete, more nuanced assessment.

Synonyms

necessity, obligation, requirement, call, demand

rare exigency

2 (often needs) A thing that is wanted or required: his day-to-day needs...

Bolton must adapt and change to meet the needs of the public if it wishes to thrive as it has in the past.
I am from England, of course, and, as such, consider rain to be part of my daily needs.
He explained that there were more than enough resources to satisfy all basic human needs.

Synonyms

requirement, essential, necessity, want, requisite, prerequisite, wish, demand;

Latin desideratum

3 [mass noun] The state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food: help us in our hour of need children in need...

Flo is just the kind of player Peter Reid didn't require in his hour of need.
Director Denise Carter urged the people of Bradford to make cash donations for Claire in her hour of need.
Dependent on their families, they simply didn't know who to turn to in their hour of need.

Synonyms

neediness, want, poverty, deprivation, privation, hardship, penury, destitution, indigence, impecuniousness

difficulty, trouble, distress;

crisis, emergency, urgency, extremity, dire/desperate straits

rare exigency

needy, requiring help, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in want, poor, badly off, unable to make ends meet, in reduced/straitened circumstances, unable to keep the wolf from the door, impoverished, poverty-stricken, destitute, penurious, impecunious, indigent;

British on the breadline

rare necessitous

Usage

1 In modern English, there are two quite distinct uses for the verb need. In the first place it is used as a normal verb meaning ‘require’: I need some money; I need to see her today. Second, it is one of a small class of verbs called modals (like can, could, and might, for example), which cannot stand alone without another verb and do not take normal verb endings or normal negative constructions, e.g. he need not worry, not he needs not worry; he can’t swim, not he doesn’t can swim. Because of this dual grammatical status, it is sometimes called a semi-modal. 2 The two constructions in that shirt needs washing (verb + present participle) and that shirt needs to be washed (verb + infinitive and past participle) have more or less the same meaning. Both these constructions are acceptable in standard English, but a third construction, that shirt needs washed (verb + bare past participle), is restricted to certain dialects of Scotland and North America and is not considered acceptable in standard English.

Phrases

at need

had need

have need of/to do something

if need be

in need of

Origin

Old English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not 'danger'.

单词	need
释义	need /niːd / verb [with object] 1Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable: I need help now [with present participle]: this shirt needs washing [with infinitive]: they need to win tomorrow... Your support is urgently needed to ensure the success of this worthy endeavor. Each attack requires a costly clean-up, using money which is desperately needed for other purposes. Everyone appreciates that the government urgently needs to address a wad of issues - the most obvious being poverty. Synonyms require, be in need of, stand in need of, have need of, want, be in want of, be crying out for, be desperate for; demand, call for, necessitate, entail, involve; have occasion for/to; lack, be without, be short of, miss 1.1 (not need something) Not want to be subjected to something: I don’t need your sarcasm... They are the lowest form of political pond life and we do not need them. We do not need our emotions manipulated any more than they have been. God knows our players do not need their egos inflating any further. 2 [as modal, with negative or in questions] Expressing necessity or obligation: need I say more? all you need bring are sheets... You need only go one stop on the tube to find a very different Britain. Olympiakos need only draw, but will carry to Anfield one of the poorest away records in the competition. Synonyms have to, be under an obligation to, be obliged to, be compelled to, be under a compulsion to archaic have need to 3 [no object] archaic Be necessary: lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting noun 1 [mass noun] Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity: the basic human need for* food* [with infinitive]: there’s no need to cry... A need for counting arose, then writing and numerals were needed to record transactions. There was a need for emergency type accommodation in Laois under the new strategy. Purvis rightly identifies a need for a more complete, more nuanced assessment. Synonyms necessity, obligation, requirement, call, demand rare exigency 2 (often needs) A thing that is wanted or required: his day-to-day needs... Bolton must adapt and change to meet the needs of the public if it wishes to thrive as it has in the past. I am from England, of course, and, as such, consider rain to be part of my daily needs. He explained that there were more than enough resources to satisfy all basic human needs. Synonyms requirement, essential, necessity, want, requisite, prerequisite, wish, demand; Latin desideratum 3 [mass noun] The state of requiring help, or of lacking basic necessities such as food: help us in our hour of need children in need... Flo is just the kind of player Peter Reid didn't require in his hour of need. Director Denise Carter urged the people of Bradford to make cash donations for Claire in her hour of need. Dependent on their families, they simply didn't know who to turn to in their hour of need. Synonyms neediness, want, poverty, deprivation, privation, hardship, penury, destitution, indigence, impecuniousness difficulty, trouble, distress; crisis, emergency, urgency, extremity, dire/desperate straits rare exigency needy, requiring help, deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged, in want, poor, badly off, unable to make ends meet, in reduced/straitened circumstances, unable to keep the wolf from the door, impoverished, poverty-stricken, destitute, penurious, impecunious, indigent; British on the breadline rare necessitous Usage 1 In modern English, there are two quite distinct uses for the verb need. In the first place it is used as a normal verb meaning ‘require’: I need* some money; I need to see her today. Second, it is one of a small class of verbs called modals* (like can, could, and might, for example), which cannot stand alone without another verb and do not take normal verb endings or normal negative constructions, e.g. he need not* worry, not he needs not worry; he can’t swim, not he doesn’t can swim. Because of this dual grammatical status, it is sometimes called a semi-modal. 2 The two constructions in that shirt needs washing* (verb + present participle) and that shirt needs to be washed (verb + infinitive and past participle) have more or less the same meaning. Both these constructions are acceptable in standard English, but a third construction, that shirt needs washed (verb + bare past participle), is restricted to certain dialects of Scotland and North America and is not considered acceptable in standard English. Phrases at need had need have need of/to do something if need be in need of Origin Old English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not 'danger'. Rhymes accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed
随便看	make (or kick up) a row make (or lose or spend) money hand over fist make (or open) a book make (or pull) a face (or faces) make (or put in) an appearance make out makeover make play with maker make ready maker's mark makerspace maker-up maker-upper make sail make sense make sense of make sheep's eyes at someone make shift makeshift make short work of make someone over make someone's blood boil make someone's blood curdle make someone's blood run cold

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