| 单词 | require |
| 释义 | require —requirable, adj. —requirer, n. /ri kwuyeur"/, v. , required, requiring. v.t. 1. to have need of; need: He requires medical care. 2. to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent. 3. to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand. 4. to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience. 5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns. 6. to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action. 7. Chiefly Brit. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock? v.i. 8. to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires. [1300-50; ME requiren < L requirere, equiv. to re- RE- + -quirere, comb. form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. QUEST)] Syn. 1. See lack. 3. See demand. 6. obligate, necessitate. Ant. 3. forgo. |
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