need

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #107 ★★★★★

n. 需要, 必须, 缺乏 vt. 需要, 必需 vi. 贫困, 有必要 aux. 需要

发音

UK /niːd/
UK /nɪi̯d/
其它
CA /nid/
US /nid/

词形变化

needs 复数 needs needed neededst needeth needing needs 三单 needst needing 现在分词 needed 过去式 needed 过去分词 needest neededst 过去式 needeth 三单 needed 复数

别名

neede

教材释义与例句

名词

需要，要求；缺乏；必要之物

a situation in which something is necessary, especially something that is not happening yet or is not yet available

动词

需要

to have to have something or someone, because you cannot do something without them, or because you cannot continue or cannot exist without them

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A requirement for something; something needed.

    需求

    可数 不可数

    There's no need to speculate; we can easily find out for sure.

    She grew irritated with his constant need for attention.

    Our needs are not being met.

    I've always tried to have few needs beyond food, clothing and shelter.

  2. 2.

    Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

    可数 不可数
v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To have an absolute requirement for.

    需要

    及物

    Living things need water to survive.

    You do not always need to go to the library to study. You may use the Internet.

  2. 2.

    To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

    需要

    要

    及物

    After ten days of hiking, I needed a shower and a shave.

  3. 3.

    To be obliged or required (to do something).

    必要

    必需

    得

    I need not go if I don't want to, need I?

    I was wondering if I need fill in more forms. - No, that's the only one you need fill out.

    I need never have packed my set of sunglasses - it rained all day every day.

  4. 4.

    To be required; to be necessary.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To be necessary (to someone).

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

want demand motive motivation penury indigence pauperism pauperization

上位词 10

necessary condition status essential poverty necessity requirement requisite impoverishment poorness

下位词 10

want life lack urge impulse ethics morality necessity morals deficiency
动词

同义词 9

want take ask demand require involve postulate call for necessitate

上位词 10

be want touch exist concern require refer relate pertain come to

下位词 10

take ride cry cost deserve draw claim exact depend merit

近义相关 3

take claim exact

相关短语

in need 在急需时,在贫困时,在危难中 need not 不必; 无须; 毋庸; 无庸 need I say more need one's bumps feeling need one's head examined need one's bumps felt need no introduction need one's eyes checked need more time in the oven need to 需要；需要做 a friend in need is a friend indeed 患难见真情 if need be 如果需要的话 I need a guide 我需要一本指南 you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows do you need help 你需要帮助吗？

词源

From Middle English need, nede, a merger of two terms: * Old English nīed (West Saxon), nēd (Mercian), nēad (“necessity, compulsion, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *naudi, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”). * Old English nēod (“desire, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *niudi (“desire, eagerness”), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to incline, tend, move, push, nod, wave”).

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