needful

FREQ #48905

a. 必要的, 需要的

发音

AU /ˈniːdfl̩/

词形变化

needfuls 复数 needfuls more needful 比较级 most needful 最高级

别名

nedefull needfull

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Anything necessary or requisite.

    I think better of you for looking steadily to the needful.

  2. 2.

    Ready money; wherewithal.

    俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Needed; necessary; mandatory; requisite; indispensable.

  2. 2.

    Needy; in need.

    古体

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

needed required requisite

近义相关 1

necessary

相关短语

do the needful does the needful doing the needful did the needful done the needful

词源

From Middle English needeful, nedeful, from Old English nēodful (“necessary; earnest; zealous”). Equivalent to need + -ful. Cognate with Dutch noodvol, German notvoll.

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