need
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they need | |
| he / she / it needs | |
| past simple needed | |
| past participle needed | |
| -ing form needing |
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to require something/somebody because they are essential or very important, not just because you would like to have them 需要；必需 - need something/somebody
Do you need any help? 你需要帮忙吗？ It's here if you need it. 你需要的话就拿去吧。 Don't go—I might need you. 别走，我可能要你帮忙。 They badly needed a change. 他们迫切需要变革。 We desperately need hard facts on this disease. 我们迫切需要关于这种疾病的确凿事实。 Food aid is urgently needed. 迫切需要食物援助。 What do you need your own computer for? You can use ours. 你干吗还要自己买电脑？你可以用我们的。 She needs more time to recover. 她需要更多时间恢复。 People need income not handouts. 人们需要的是收入而不是施舍。 More new housing is needed in the city. 这个城市需要更多的新住房。 I don't need your comments, thank you. 谢谢，我不需要你来评头论足。 - need to do something
I need to get some sleep. 我需要睡会儿觉。 He needs to win this game to stay in the match. 他得赢下这场比赛以免被淘汰出局。 You don't need to leave yet, do you? 你不必现在就走吧？ You need to know how toxic the product is. 你需要知道产品的毒性有多大。 This shirt needs to be washed. 这件衬衣该洗了。 - something needs doing
This shirt needs washing. 这件衬衣该洗了。
Synonyms reasonreason- explanation
- grounds
- basis
- excuse
- motive
- justification
- pretext
- reason a cause or an explanation for something that has happened or that somebody has done; a fact that makes it right or fair to do something:
He said no but he didn’t give a reason. 他说不行，但没有说明原因。
- explanation a statement, fact or situation that tells you why something has happened; a reason given for something:
The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed. 最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。 She left the room abruptly without explanation. 她未作解释就突然离开了房间。
- grounds (rather formal) a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing something:
You have no grounds for complaint. 你没有理由抱怨。
- basis (rather formal) the reason why people take a particular action:
On what basis will this decision be made? 将基于何种原因作出这一决定呢？
- excuse a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour; a good reason that you give for doing something that you want to do for other reasons:
Late again! What’s your excuse this time? 又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？ It gave me an excuse to take the car. 这使我有理由开车去了。
- motive a reason that explains somebody’s behaviour:
There seemed to be no motive for the murder. 这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。
- justification (rather formal) a good reason why something exists or is done:
I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases. 我看不出还能提出什么理由来加税了。
grounds or justification? 用 grounds 还是 justification？ - pretext (rather formal) a false reason that you give for doing something, usually something bad, in order to hide the real reason:
He left the party early on the pretext of having to work. 他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。
- (a/an) reason/explanation/grounds/basis/excuse/motive/justification/pretext for something
- the reason/motive behind something
- on the grounds/basis/pretext of/that…
- (a) good/valid reason/explanation/grounds/excuse/motive/justification
Extra ExamplesHow much time is needed for maintenance and repairs? 维护和修理需要多少时间？ They question whether American consumers really need the product. 他们质疑美国消费者是否真的需要这种产品。 I just need some information. 我只需要一些信息。 Research is urgently needed into the causes of this illness. 急需对这种病的起因进行研究。 She needed some money badly. 她急需一些钱。 These people may need 24-hour attention, but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital. 这些人需要24 小时看护，但不是非得住院。 You hardly need me to tell you that your father is still very frail and must not be upset. 不用我说你也知道，你父亲还很虚弱，一定不能让他生气。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- desperately
- really
- …
- be going to
- be expected to
- be likely to
- …
- need something/somebody
- need to do something
used to show what you should or have to do （表示应该或不得不做）有必要 All you need to do is complete this form. 你要做的就是填好这个表格。 I didn't need to go to the bank after all—Mary lent me the money. 我最终还是不必去银行了，玛丽借我钱了。 You may well need to look outside your preferred area to find affordable accommodation. 你或许需要到你心仪的地区以外的地方去看看是否有能住得起的房子。
Grammar Point needneed- There are two separate verbs need.
- Need as a main verb has the question form do you need?, the negative you don’t need and the past forms needed, did you need? and didn’t need. It has two meanings: 1. to require something or to think that something is necessary:
Do you need any help? 你需要帮忙吗？ I needed to get some sleep. 我需要睡一会儿。
必须或一定要： Will we need to show our passports? 我们要出示护照吗？
- Need as a modal verb has need for all forms of the present tense, need you? as the question form and need not (needn’t) as the negative. To talk about the past, use the perfect forms need have and needn’t have with the past participle. It is used to say that something is or is not necessary:
Need I pay the whole amount now? 我必须现在全部付清吗？
Word OriginOld English nēodian (verb), nēod, nēd (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nood and German Not ‘danger’.
Idioms
need (to have) your head examined
- (informal)
to be crazy 发疯