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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.' need
有时用作普通动词，例如：She needs to know (她需要知道)，She doesn't need to know (她不需要知道)。有时 need 用作情态动词，例如：She need know, She needn't know 或更为正式的说法：She need not know。

1. VERB (为做成某事或正常生活)要求有，必须有，需要
   If you need something, or need to do something, you cannot successfully achieve what you want or live properly without it.
   1. He desperately needed money...
      他迫切需要钱。
   2. These diets provide everything your body needs...
      这些饮食提供了你身体需要的所有营养。
   3. I need to make a phone call...
      我要打个电话。
   4. A baby does not need to wear shoes until he starts to walk...
      婴儿在开始走路前不需要穿鞋。
   5. I need you to do something for me...
      我需要你为我做点儿什么。
   6. I need you here, Wally...
      我这儿需要你，沃利。
   7. I need you sane and sober.
      我要你清醒、冷静。
   8. Need is also a noun.
      
   9. Charles has never felt the need to compete with anyone.
      查尔斯从未感到有与任何人竞争的必要。
   10. ...the child who never had his need for attention and importance satisfied.
       渴望得到关注和重视但从未获得过满足的孩子
   11. ...the special nutritional needs of the elderly.
       老年人的特殊营养需要
2. VERB (表示某一做法对某事物或地方有益)应该，应当，需要
   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.
   1. The building needs quite a few repairs.
      该建筑有好几处应该修缮。
   2. ...a garden that needs tidying...
      应该清整的花园
   3. The taste of vitamins is not too nice so the flavour sometimes needs to be disguised.
      维生素的口味不太好，所以有时需要掩盖一下。
3. N-SING 必要;需要
   If there is a need for something, that thing would improve a situation or something cannot happen without it.
   1. Mr Forrest believes there is a need for other similar schools throughout Britain...
      福里斯特先生认为全英国都需要有类似的学校。
   2. 'I think we should see a specialist.' — 'I don't think there's any need for that.'...
      “我想我们应该见见专家。”——“我认为没有任何必要。”
   3. There's no need for you to stay.
      你不需要呆在这儿了。
4. MODAL 不必，没有必要(用于告知或建议)
   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.
   1. 'I'll put the key in the window.' — 'You needn't bother,' he said gruffly...
      “我会把钥匙放在窗户里。”——“不必麻烦了，”他粗声说道。
   2. Look, you needn't shout...
      嗨，你不必大喊大叫。
   3. She need not know I'm here.
      她不必知道我在这儿。
   4. Need is also a verb.
      
   5. Well, for Heaven's sake, you don't need to apologize...
      噢，看在上天的份上，你不用道歉。
   6. Come along, Mother, we don't need to take up any more of Mr Kemp's time.
      走吧，妈妈，我们不必再打扰肯普先生了。
5. MODAL (与否定词连用)不必，没有必要
   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.
   1. You needn't worry...
      你不必担心。
   2. This needn't take long, Simon...
      西蒙，这花不了多长时间。
   3. Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style...
      买价钱经济的家具并不意味着就要牺牲质量和样式。
   4. Loneliness can be horrible, but it need not remain that way...
      孤独可能会很可怕，但也并非一定如此。
   5. He need never drink again if he doesn't want to.
      如果他不想喝酒的话，他可以永远不再喝了。
   6. Need is also a verb.
      
   7. He replied, with a reassuring smile, 'Oh, you don't need to worry about them.'...
      他面带让人安心的微笑回答道：“噢，你不必为他们担心。”
   8. You don't need to be a millionaire to consider having a bank account in Switzerland.
      想在瑞士银行开个账户，你不必非得是个百万富翁。
6. MODAL (与否定词连用)准许不做，可以不做
   You use needn't when you are giving someone permission not to do something.
   1. You needn't come again, if you don't want to...
      如果你不想来，可以不用再来。
   2. Well, you needn't tell me anything if you don't want to.
      好吧，如果你不想告诉我，可以什么也不说。
   3. Need is also a verb.
      
   4. You don't need to wait for me...
      你不必等我。
   5. Mommy, you don't need to stay while we talk.
      妈妈，我们谈话时你不必陪着。
7. MODAL (与否定词连用)未必，不一定
   If something need not be true, it is not necessarily true or not always true.
   1. What is right for us need not be right for others...
      对我们来说是对的东西，对别人来说未必正确。
   2. Freedom need not mean independence.
      自由不一定意味着独立。
8. MODAL (与否定词连用)本来不必，本来不需要
   If someone needn't have done something, it was not necessary or useful for them to do it, although they did it.
   1. She could have made the sandwich herself; her mum needn't have bothered to do anything...
      她本来可以自己做三明治的;她妈妈原本不必费心做任何事情。
   2. I was a little nervous when I announced my engagement to Grace, but I needn't have worried...
      我宣布和格雷丝订婚时有点紧张，但我本不必担心的。
   3. We spent a hell of a lot of money that we needn't have spent.
      我们花了很多本来不需要花的钱。
   4. If someone didn't need to do something, they needn't have done it.
      (与否定词连用)本不必做，本无须做
   5. You didn't need to give me any more money you know, but thank you.
      你看你原本不必再给我钱的，但还是要谢谢你。
9. MODAL (与否定词连用)无需说，不必说
   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.
   1. I needn't add that if you fail to do as I ask, you will suffer the consequences.
      如果你没按我的要求做的话，后果请自负——这话我就不必再说了吧。
   2. Need is also a verb.
      
   3. I hardly need to say that I have never lost contact with him.
      几乎不用说，我从未和他失去联系。
10. MODAL 还需要再说吗;还要我继续说吗
    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.
    1. Mid-fifties, short black hair, grey moustache, distinctive Russian accent. Need I go on?
       五十四五岁，黑色短发，灰色八字胡，明显的俄国口音，还需要我继续说吗？
11. PHRASE 贫困的;困难中的
    People in need do not have enough of essential things such as money, food, or good health.
    1. The education authorities have to provide for children in need...
       教育主管部门得救助贫困儿童。
    2. Remember that when both of you were in need, I was the one who loaned you money.
       记住，在你们两个都有困难的时候，是我借钱给你们的。
12. PHRASE 有…的需要;有…的必要
    If you are in need of something, you need it or ought to have it.
    1. I was all right but in need of rest...
       我没事，就是需要休息一下。
    2. He was badly in need of a shave...
       他早就应该刮一下胡子了。
    3. The house was in need of modernisation when they bought it.
       他们买下时，这栋房子需要进行现代化改造。
13. PHRASE 需要的话;如有必要(英国英语中亦作 if needs be)
    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 .
    1. 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.
       他们现在将争取获准将案件呈交上议院审理，并且，如有必要，会上诉到欧洲人权法院。
14. PHRASE 没有必要;不必
    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.
    1. There's no need to call a doctor...
       没有必要叫医生。
    2. There's no need for that kind of language in this magazine...
       这份杂志没必要出现那种语言。
    3. 'I'm going to come with you.'—'Now look, Sue, there's no need.'
       “我跟你一起去。”——“休，你看，没这个必要。”
15. PHRASE 没人需要;没谁需要
    You can say 'Who needs something?' as a way of emphasizing that you think that this thing is unnecessary or not useful.
    1. With apologies to my old history teacher, who needs history lessons?...
       这话对不住我亲爱的历史老师，不过有谁需要历史课呢？
    2. Cigarettes, who needs them?
       香烟，谁会要呀？

1. John brought the absolute proof that we needed
   约翰带来了我们所需的确凿证据。
2. Peter stood by me when I most needed it. I'll always appreciate that
   当我最需要的时候，彼得在我身边支持我。我将永存感激。
3. She needed a clear head to carry out her instructions.
   她需要一个头脑清醒的人来执行自己的指令。
4. He needed to consult with an attorney
   他需要找个律师咨询一下。
5. The house needed totally rebuilding, so we decided against buying it
   这所房子需要彻底重建，因此我们决定不买了。
6. Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession
   行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。
7. I needed this man's love, and the emotional support he was giving me
   我需要这个男人的爱，以及他在情感上给我的支持。
8. They needed his help, but equally they did not trust him.
   他们需要他的帮助，但是同样地，他们并不信任他。
9. Paul and I were getting a band together, and we needed a new record deal.
   当时我和保罗在组建一个乐队，我们需要签一份新唱片合约。
10. This gained me some thinking time, and heaven knows I needed it.
    这为我赢得了一点思考的时间，而我确实非常需要它。
11. At the least, I needed some sleep
    起码我得睡一会儿。
12. I needed some time off from education to experience life.
    我需要从学校教育中抽身一段时间去体验人生。
13. I knew I needed a bit of luck to win
    我知道自己要赢需要点运气。
14. The zoo needed better management rather than more money
    这座动物园需要更好的管理，而不是更多的资金。
15. The equipment needed to clean up the spill might not have arrived yet
    清理漏油所需要的设备可能还没有送到。
16. There is a mismatch between the skills offered by people and the skills needed by industry.
    行业需要的技术与人们可以提供的技能并不匹配。
17. They needed more time to consider whether to hold an inquiry.
    他们需要更多的时间来考虑是否进行调查。
18. They told me I needed a new battery.
    他们告诉我需要换新电池。
19. By this time she was in her nineties and needed help more and more frequently.
    到这个时候她已经90多岁了，越来越频繁地需要帮助。
20. We needed to increase the volume of production
    我们需要提高产量。
21. It is not too late, but prompt action is needed.
    现在还不算晚，但是需要立即采取行动。
22. The area is needed for a land reclamation project.
    一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
23. By 1982, she was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.
    到了1982年，她感到厌倦了，需要新的动力来激发她的才能。
24. He has the keen eye and robust approach needed.
    他具备了所需的敏锐的洞察力和坚定的行事态度。
25. They shouted him down when he tried to explain why Zaire needed an interim government
    当他试图解释为什么扎伊尔需要一个过渡政府时，他们大声叫嚷着把他的声音盖过去了。
26. Fewer workers are needed to solder circuit boards
    焊接电路板需要的工人更少了。
27. I have to sort some things out. We really needed to talk.
    我必须把一些事情搞清楚。我们真的需要谈一谈。
28. When Ted was six we decided that he needed to know how to fasten and unfasten his seat belt
    特德六岁的时候，我们认为他得知道如何系上和解开安全带了。
29. Further studies will be needed to see if these therapies have any value
    这些治疗是否有效需要进行进一步的研究。
30. Did you reckon in the time needed for unloading the cargo?
    你把卸货所需的时间估计进去了吗？

adj

1. necessary for relief or supply
   1. provided them with all things needful

   Synonym:    needfulrequiredrequisite