| 单词 | need |
| 释义 | need (niːd ) Word forms: needs , needing , needed Need sometimes behaves like an ordinary verb, for example 'She needs to know' and 'She doesn't need to know' and sometimes like a modal, for example 'She need know', 'She needn't know', or, in more formal English, 'She need not know.' 1. verb [no cont] A1 If you need something, or need to do something, you cannot successfully achieve what you want or live properly without it. He desperately needed money. [VERB noun] These diets provide everything your body needs. [VERB noun] I need to make a phone call. [VERB to-infinitive] A baby does not need to wear shoes until he starts to walk. [VERB to-infinitive] I need you to do something for me. [VERB noun to-infinitive] I need you here, Wally. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] I need you sane and sober. [VERB noun adjective] Synonyms: want, miss, require, lack Need is also a noun. Charles has never felt the need to compete with anyone. ...the child who never had his need for attention and importance satisfied. [+ for] ...the special nutritional needs of the elderly. [+ of] 2. verb [no cont] B1 If an object or place needs something doing to it, that action should be done to improve the object or place. If a task needs doing, it should be done to improve a particular situation. The building needs quite a few repairs. [VERB noun] ...a garden that needs tidying. [VERB verb-ing] The taste of vitamins is not too nice so the flavour sometimes needs to be disguised. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: require, want, demand, call for 3. singular noun B2 If there is a need for something, that thing would improve a situation or something cannot happen without it. Mr Forrest believes there is a need for other similar schools throughout Britain. [+ for] 'I think we should see a specialist.'—'I don't think there's any need for that.' [+ for] There's no need for you to stay. [+ for] I felt a need to take care of my family. [NOUN to-infinitive] Synonyms: necessity, call, demand, requirement 4. modal verb [with neg] A2 If you say that someone needn't do something, you are telling them not to do it, or advising or suggesting that they should not do it. 'I'll put the key in the window.'—'You needn't bother,' he said gruffly. Look, you needn't shout. She need not know I'm here. Synonyms: have to, be obliged to Need is also a verb. Well, for Heaven's sake, you don't need to apologize. [VERB to-infinitive] Come along, Mother, we don't need to take up any more of Mr Kemp's time. [VERB to-infinitive] 5. modal verb [with neg] If you tell someone that they needn't do something, or that something needn't happen, you are telling them that that thing is not necessary, in order to make them feel better. You needn't worry. This needn't take long, Simon. Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style. Loneliness can be horrible, but it need not remain that way. Need is also a verb. He replied, with a reassuring smile, 'Oh, you don't need to worry about them.' [VERB to-infinitive] You don't need to be a millionaire to consider having a bank account in Switzerland. [VERB to-infinitive] 6. modal verb [with neg] You use needn't when you are giving someone permission not to do something. You needn't come again, if you don't want to. Well, you needn't tell me anything if you don't want to. Need is also a verb. You don't need to wait for me. [VERB to-infinitive] Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk. [VERB to-infinitive] 7. modal verb [with neg] If something need not be true, it is not necessarily true or not always true. [formal] What is right for us need not be right for others. Freedom need not mean independence. 8. modal verb [with neg] If someone needn't have done something, it was not necessary or useful for them to do it, although they did it. I was a little nervous when I announced my engagement to Grace, but I needn't have worried. We spent a hell of a lot of money that we needn't have spent. If someone didn't need to do something, they needn't have done it. You didn't need to give me any more money you know, but thank you. [VERB to-infinitive] 9. modal verb You use need in expressions such as I need hardly say and I needn't add to emphasize that the person you are talking to already knows what you are going to say. [emphasis] I needn't add that if you fail to do as I ask, you will suffer the consequences. Need is also a verb. I hardly need to say that I have never lost contact with him. [VERB to-infinitive] 10. modal verb You can use need in expressions such as 'Need I say more' and 'Need I go on' when you want to avoid stating an obvious consequence of something you have just said. Mid-fifties, short black hair, grey moustache, distinctive Russian accent. Need I go on? 11. in need phrase B2 People in need do not have enough of essential things such as money, food, or good health. The education authorities have to provide for children in need. Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one who loaned you money. Synonyms: poor, deprived, disadvantaged, impoverished 12. in need of phrase B2 If you are in need of something, you need it or ought to have it. I was all right but in need of rest. He was badly in need of a shave. The house was in need of modernisation when they bought it. 13. if need be/if needs be phrase If you say that you will do something, especially an extreme action, if need be, you mean that you will do if it is necessary. In British English, you can also say if needs be. They will now seek permission to take their case to the House of Lords, and, if need be, to the European Court of Human Rights. 14. someone needs to get out more phrase If you say that someone needs to get out more, you mean that they are boring or that they are spending too much time concentrating on one particular thing. [informal] I found myself reading The Inner Game Of Tennis the other day (I really do need to get out more). 15. there's no need/no need phrase B2 You can tell someone that there's no need for them to do something as a way of telling them not to do it or of telling them to stop doing it, for example because it is unnecessary. [spoken] There's no need to call a doctor. There's no need for that kind of language in this magazine. 'I'm going to come with you.'—'Now look, Sue, there's no need.' 16. who needs sth? phrase You can say 'Who needs something?' as a way of emphasizing that you think that this thing is unnecessary or not useful. [informal] With apologies to my old history teacher, who needs history lessons? Cigarettes, who needs them? Quotations: From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needsCritique of the Gotha Programme Collocations: need a transplant People live in a bubble about organ donation and think it won't happen to them, that they won't need a transplant. The Sun Doctors said he'd need a transplant, which he had in 2017. The Sun Doctors have found that some patients who are given the pumps improve to the extent that they do not need a transplant at all. Times, Sunday Times They also wrecked her liver - so much so, she's been told she'll need a transplant. Times, Sunday Times She may yet need a transplant. The Sun We need an overhaul of the entire system and the kneejerk liberal ideology replaced by something closer to common sense. The Sun Property taxes need an overhaul, but not like this. Times, Sunday Times Others say it makes a mockery of the law, and we need an overhaul of injunctions in the internet age. Times, Sunday Times But they didn't really need an overhaul anyway. The Sun They need an overhaul to inject youth into an ageing side. Times, Sunday Times Any homeowners who want to take in a lodger would also need permission first. Times,Sunday Times Prosecutors will now need permission from the attorney-general before they can file charges against journalists. Times,Sunday Times The second big change means builders will no longer need permission to demolish a commercial property and replace it with homes. The Sun In order to get a military helicopter, you need permission from the health minister. Times,Sunday Times You don't normally need permission to reroof your house or add roof lights, skylights or solar panels. Times, Sunday Times Claimants will need proof of whiplash from a panel of experts and no-win, no-fee rules will be changed. The Sun Over-18s only - we'll need proof of your age. The Sun If you need proof, then look no further than smart motorways and meters. Times,Sunday Times Often if people just need proof of delivery then a free certificate of posting will do. Times, Sunday Times You will need proof of the illness from a doctor to validate any insurance claim. Times, Sunday Times He may need reassurance that he was good in bed. The Sun They will need reassurance and comfort, not rollickings. The Sun So we need reassurance about the background and number of the other attendees. Times, Sunday Times If you're not ready to walk away, tell him you need reassurance and no more nasty surprises. The Sun You need reassurance and they put me at ease. The Sun There are still areas of the business that need repair. Times, Sunday Times Does the sidewalk or the parking lot need repair? Christianity Today Does your spouse have a favorite pair of running shoes that need repair? Christianity Today Some foot guards need repair. Times, Sunday Times Jewelry and wings do not have endurance ratings and never need repair. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With more than 20 different terrains and routes to choose from, you will need skill and agility to make it to the top. The Sun This tape series can provide many of the needed skills. Christianity Today Doing so will deprive this country of income, the education sector of revenues and the economy of needed skills. Times, Sunday Times Back then, you didn't need skills. ST He needed skill, courage and a fair amount of guile to get through. Times, Sunday Times So long as you don't need stitches — and sometimes even if you do — your local doc and nurse can get you fixed. The Sun As soon as you can, seek medical attention for the casualty, as they may need stitches or a tetanus injection. The Sun Prison officials said that he did not need stitches and returned him to his cell. Times, Sunday Times Severe bites might need stitches. Times, Sunday Times I don’t think you need stitches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he will need surgery on a fractured cheek. The Sun Of those, 75 per cent did not need surgery. Times, Sunday Times The injury did not need surgery, only a prolonged period of rest that served to add to the talismanic forward's sense of frustration. Times, Sunday Times Bridge, who returned from 10 out with a broken will not need surgery. The Sun Mark will need surgery which isn't good news. The Sun By unpicking their dancing, scientists can work out how far afield bees must travel to meet their nutritional needs. Times, Sunday Times Nearly, but not quite, setting fire to food can seem such a cumbersome means of meeting our nutritional needs. Times, Sunday Times Your meals will need to contain a good proportion of protein foods to meet your daily nutritional needs and to keep you satisfied for longer. Times,Sunday Times However hard you try to satisfy nutritional needs on days like these, you are going to fail. Times, Sunday Times Aim to eat to satisfy my nutritional needs rather than my emotional ones. Times, Sunday Times It would also obviate the need for new lines of pylons to connect the wind farms to the grid. Times, Sunday Times We thought so, and ordinarily that would obviate the need for this article. Times, Sunday Times Swirling ramps obviate the need for costly lifts, and each flat has a large balcony or roof terrace. Times, Sunday Times A 'modesty screen' inside the room would obviate the need for an outer door, with its presumably germ-infested handle. Times, Sunday Times However, many investment trust groups can obviate the need for a broker by acting as plan managers and arranging the buying and selling of trusts for you. Times, Sunday Times An ongoing state of illness need not necessarily translate into an ongoing need; and in this case the claimant did not have a current need. Times, Sunday Times The cinema's future was then discussed at a council meeting in 1977, due to the ongoing need for restoration of the cinema. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The organization was created in response to the ongoing need for role models and leaders in our community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To help her out of this pattern, we no longer treat her ongoing needs as emergencies. Christianity Today We need both aircraft for our ongoing needs at least until 2020, even if both fleets of aircraft have to be somewhat reduced. Times, Sunday Times In any case, they were billeted locally and had no particular need of travel links to the universities from which they had come. Times, Sunday Times We still need bank lending, however, and smaller firms in particular need it to survive the recession and expand into the recovery. Times, Sunday Times That brought the senators there together around a particular need. Christianity Today The forwards coaches in particular need to explain how 80% possession and territory for two-thirds of a game can lead to defeat. Times, Sunday Times With this list we've highlighted the ones in particular need of attention. Times, Sunday Times He acknowledged the reciprocity of the analytical relationship: both the analyst and the patient need to recognise the meaning they have for one another. Times, Sunday Times Patient need, demand and expectations have all risen dramatically in recent years but funding has not kept pace. Times, Sunday Times Patient need, not party politics, determines spending. Times, Sunday Times During the treatment the patient need only be positioned on a treatment table and the predetermined plan delivered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Primary care trusts are not good at value for money or understanding what patients need. Times, Sunday Times Now, as then, if voters perceive the need for change, the candidates will pick up the signals quickly. Times, Sunday Times He believed that workers (who were also the main consumers of products) needed adequate leisure time to consume products and thus perceive a need to purchase them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This put him into a forefront of scientists that perceived a need for reliable scientific advice at the highest levels of government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Intelligent agents are applied as automated online assistants, where they function to perceive the needs of customers in order to perform individualized customer service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The formula to his success was his ability to quickly perceive the needs of readers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I sensed a personal need to pray for this community. Christianity Today She then wept buckets on the podium as she got the most spinetingling ovation in her hour of personal need. The Sun Thus, we can feel torn between relational overload and our personal need for that contact. Christianity Today He also helps out his clients in times of personal need, which often puts him in the role of accidental detective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers sought to illustrate this phenomenon by demonstrating a heightened personal need for structure following the experience of abstract artwork. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You cannot even wriggle to make yourself comfortable, and you are wholly dependent on others for every physical need, which can mean loss of dignity. The Sun As a species we have a physical need to be touched: our nerve fibres tingle and twitch under a caress. Times,Sunday Times It was no longer a fantasy, it was a physical need. Times, Sunday Times Some people are born with a physical need to take risks. Times, Sunday Times In this brave and unpleasant new world, patients' treatment depends not only on whether they are in physical need of it, but whether they are deserving of it. Times, Sunday Times One answer was a thirst for acclaim, and a more practical need for remuneration. The Times Literary Supplement In reality the law of trespass — and practical need for road access and water facilities — means that you'll mainly be staying at campsites. Times, Sunday Times Proof that practical need never mean boring. Times, Sunday Times This rather suggests that the abbey was demolished in several phases, now partly driven by the practical need for building materials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But as usual he acted on his beliefs at the exact moment when they served a practical need. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not everyone, however, feels comfortable judging the congregation's most pressing need week by week. Christianity Today However, it was not accepted that there was a pressing need to retain his data for a period that was potentially indefinite. Times, Sunday Times The match became a sideshow to our pressing need for survival. Times, Sunday Times There was never a pressing need for this referendum. Times, Sunday Times For me, the reports highlighted the pressing need for justice to be done. Times, Sunday Times The council had accepted that they were unintentionally homeless and in priority need. Times, Sunday Times She was on the council's list for social housing and had been identified by the council as having priority need. Times,Sunday Times The council had given her temporary accommodation but had soon decided that although she was homeless and in priority need she had become homeless intentionally. Times, Sunday Times If it originated with only one or a few, are others beginning to see it as a priority need? Christianity Today She was eligible for housing assistance and had priority need. Times, Sunday Times So the andropause may be the answer to a psychological need rather than a physical one. Times, Sunday Times There's often a psychological need to boast about a crime, reveal details, sound dangerous - due to the difficulty of accepting being a 'nobody'. The Sun For a lot of composers 20 years older than me, there was a real psychological need to run away from home, literally or metaphorically. Times, Sunday Times So how do we fulfil the psychological need that we have for possessions in a new digital landscape? Times, Sunday Times To begin with, these churches attempt to meet the pressing psychological needs. Christianity Today Even the inventors of new technology recognize the need for moderation. Christianity Today Accountability compels me to recognize my need for others' wisdom and support. Christianity Today I recognize the need for enduring structures and programs. Christianity Today What causes someone to recognize a need or an injustice and respond with compassion, courage, and wisdom? Christianity Today They recognize the need, for one thing, but also there are factors that take some of the sting out of the additional cost. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It claims this can reduce the need for security checks by 90% and could one day mean air passengers need not show their passports. Times,Sunday Times Would the vaccine protect in the first two winters of life, and would it reduce the need for hospital treatment? Times, Sunday Times But getting everyone in one room at the start of each day would encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas and reduce the need for painful awaydays. Times, Sunday Times Eyelash curlers will fan open your lashes and reduce the need for loads of mascara. The Sun Some are thought likely to opt for various forms of deleveraging instead to reduce their need for capital. Times, Sunday Times Administration officials said the new form was designed merely to reinforce the need to maintain the security of those documents classified as top secret. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studies reinforce the need for adequate follow up and good adherence to the eradication phase of therapy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This chip-to-chip investigation reinforces the need for interconnected organs-on-a-chip to replicate the complex mechanics in the human body. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It reinforces the need for greater rigour in the system. Times, Sunday Times But the rise of the internet, global positioning systems and data networks has reinforced a need for far more accuracy. Times, Sunday Times But we respect the need for people to take holidays. Times, Sunday Times We had failed to respect their need to know. Christianity Today We need to encourage improvements in environmental performance and respect the need to limit global carbon emissions. Times, Sunday Times Somehow you have to respect those differences to allow people to flourish; in return, individuals respect the need to conform occasionally, to put aside selfish demands for the greater good. Times, Sunday Times Meals out and theatre and cinema trips satisfy a need to socialise and provide lasting memories. The Sun They find community and satisfy their need to make a difference. Christianity Today Such groups satisfy the need for community and can multiply with minimal expense. Christianity Today How can the business leaders of tomorrow in sectors such as energy and high-technology satisfy their need for start-up capital? Times, Sunday Times In other words: if some anonymous armchair cowboy pitches up and deliberately provokes a fight, don't satisfy their need for attention. Times, Sunday Times Yet coinages arise and persist because they serve a need. Times, Sunday Times Historical rights were invoked to serve the need of finding a refuge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To view the craft as an end in itself, or as a calling would serve this need well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They serve the needs of members and attenders. Christianity Today We have set about making banks safer, and have begun to direct them to serve the needs of ordinary businesses. Times, Sunday Times However, as nations become richer they start to value and protect the environment because social needs are seen as being as important as individual self-interest. Times, Sunday Times Other ministries find creative ways to meet recreational and social needs. Christianity Today We help the family; we feed the spiritual and social needs of the person. Christianity Today They are not appreciated and their social needs are ignored. ST History thus shows that the universities have repeatedly changed (or, more often, been made to change) their nature in order to meet new social needs. The Times Literary Supplement Four out of five were not asked about their spiritual needs. Times, Sunday Times Others are coming to meet social as well as spiritual needs. Christianity Today In fact, the physical and spiritual needs in our world not only make this approach effective but also essential. Christianity Today You cannot tell by looking at somebody whether they have particular spiritual needs. Times, Sunday Times This gentle approach says we must wed the spiritual needs of suburbanites to their sociological needs, giving the first emphasis to sociology. Christianity Today And we can only stress the need to move urgently here. Times, Sunday Times The party will stress the need for tougher community sentences and say that they are more effective than short sentences. Times,Sunday Times They argue against anthropocentrism and stress the need for empathy with all creation; the text shows, as the introduction puts it, 'how ecology becomes ethics'. The Times Literary Supplement The plan will stress the need for the vulnerable - those over 60 and with pre-existing health conditions - to protect themselves. The Sun He will stress the need for calmness, composure and not to make rash tackles or be provoked, which could tilt the balance of the game. Times, Sunday Times Private investigation agencies offer trappers to suit any need. The Sun Interfaces may be incompatible but the inner functionality should suit the need. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also suits the needs of conducting business in a global market, he said. Times, Sunday Times I identified companies that would suit my needs and sent out an awful lot of letters to potential sponsors. Times, Sunday Times Is there a cool five-door car to suit my needs for 7,000? Times, Sunday Times To supply the need for texts, scriptoria had to create volumes more quickly and hence with less ornament. Christianity Today The future of fracking, the question of clean and renewable energy and the security of supply all need to be settled. Times, Sunday Times He was going to supply that need. Christianity Today Second: the means to supply the need. Times, Sunday Times And it underscores the need for vigilance when it comes to what you put into your mouth. Times, Sunday Times All the correspondence underscored the need for good local plans, a boost in small- and medium-sized builders, creative solutions and an energetic commitment to getting it right. Times, Sunday Times But few events so dramatically underscored the need for a strategic oil reserve as the 1973-74 oil embargo. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 1970 fire season underscored the need for a national set of training and equipment standards which would be standardized across the different agencies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This underscores the need for caution and care in cross-examination. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Good communication skills go a long way and, as long as they are kept in the picture, most people understand the need for difficult change. Times, Sunday Times The practice of displaying taxonomy in museums to help the public understand the need to preserve these species was just taking shape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A good garden centre will understand the need to do this. Times, Sunday Times I don't understand the need for the institution. Times, Sunday Times We understand the need for a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week inclusive social conversation. Times, Sunday Times The strategy must be tailored to the unique needs of each investor, considering his financial position, time horizon, attitude towards risk, and objectives. ST Do we know their unique needs and problems? Christianity Today And while many ministers offer premarital preparation, little attention has been given to the unique needs of those remarrying. Christianity Today A financial planner or stockbroker has a duty to find clients the best possible investments, those most suited to the client's unique needs. Globe and Mail Sit down before every performance and personalise your script for each particular prospect: what are their unique needs that your product addresses? Times, Sunday Times More than a million older people now have at least one unmet need for social care, compared with 800,000 in 2010. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps her greatest unmet need was for stimulation of her mind. Times, Sunday Times Given the huge unmet need in this area, this should not be allowed. Times, Sunday Times Our own projects have scratched the surface of a huge unmet need among older people, and the problem will only get worse. Times, Sunday Times The combination of unmet need and disappointment so often then plays out as suppressed, or expressed, hostility. Times, Sunday Times Politicians are right to address the urgent need for more homes, but they are wrong to ignore the primary driver of this need. Times,Sunday Times There has been much discussion of the urgent need to eliminate draws in elite events at classical time limits. Times, Sunday Times Many of the court buildings are unfit to work in and are in urgent need of repair. Times, Sunday Times But we shouldn't let little statistics like that dissuade us from the urgent need to promote the potato. Times, Sunday Times Among the steps were fast-tracking of passport renewals for people with an 'urgent need to travel'. Times, Sunday Times We urgently need the government to take responsibility, show leadership and launch a comprehensive review of the regulations to save people's lives - now. Times,Sunday Times We urgently need serious people to tackle the serious problems we are facing during this unprecedented time. The Sun I urgently need her to get in touch. The Sun We urgently need an investment of hearts and minds in science, research, innovation, engineering, design and manufacturing. Times, Sunday Times Those who urgently need treatment will be sent to other hospitals. The Sun And that swiftly brings me on to goalline technology and the vital need to introduce it as soon as possible. The Sun The different groups retain a vital need to worship in their own language, to celebrate their heritage, and to help each other adapt to this new and strange society. Christianity Today You've been deprived of a vital need: touch. Times, Sunday Times The sheer scale of this attempt to mask the truth demonstrates the vital need for international media coverage of this crisis. Times, Sunday Times The environment, the glorious vistas that people have loved for centuries, the vital need for recreational space and fresh air around big cities - all these matter too. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 需求, 需要 Japanese: 必要, 必要とする |
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